{"product_id":"books-the-things-that-matter-by-edward-mendelson","title":"The Things That Matter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe felt rather inclined just for a moment to stand still after all that chatter, and pick out one particular thing; the thing that mattered . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003ci\u003eVirginia Woolf, \u003c\/i\u003eTo The Lighthouse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn illuminating exploration of how seven of the greatest English novels of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries--\u003ci\u003eFrankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Between the Acts\u003c\/i\u003e--portray the essential experiences of life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdward Mendelson--a professor of English at Columbia University--illustrates how each novel is a living portrait of the human condition while expressing its author's complex individuality and intentions and emerging from the author's life and times. He explores \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e as a searing representation of child neglect and abandonment and \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e as a portrait of an ideal but almost impossible adult love, and leads us to a fresh and fascinating new understanding of each of the seven novels, reminding us--in the most captivating way--why they matter.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53670588481809,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780307275226.jpg?v=1781511399","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-things-that-matter-by-edward-mendelson","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}