{"product_id":"the-things-that-matter-what-seven-classic-novels-have-to-say-about-the-stages-of-life-9780307275226","title":"The Things That Matter: What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say About the Stages of Life","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307275226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.28w x 0.63d","brand":"Edward Mendelson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44576538263733,"sku":"9780307275226","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_86bb9891-abb6-49ff-a1f8-c4d5e185583e.jpg?v=1724175643","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-things-that-matter-what-seven-classic-novels-have-to-say-about-the-stages-of-life-9780307275226","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}