{"product_id":"the-things-that-matter-what-seven-classic-novels-have-to-say-about-the-stages-of-life-paperback","title":"The Things That Matter: What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say About the Stages of Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Mendelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Mendelson\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English Literature at Columbia University. He is the literary executor of the Estate of W.H. Auden and is the author of the biographies of \u003ci\u003eEarly Auden \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLater Auden\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written essays on and prepared editions of George Meredith, Thomas Hardy, H.G. Wells, Arnold Bennett, Virginia Woolf, Samuel Beckett, and Thomas Pynchon, among others. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 7.96 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52696726929715,"sku":"9780307275226","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/FQ5C0SpCWR9780307275226.webp?v=1763117648","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-things-that-matter-what-seven-classic-novels-have-to-say-about-the-stages-of-life-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}