{"product_id":"pagan-papers-paperback-2","title":"Pagan Papers - 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\u003eKenneth Grahame\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the publication of \u003cem\u003eThe Wind in the Willows\u003c\/em\u003e, Kenneth Grahame's reputation was quite different. He was known both as a writer of delicately observed essays on childhood, and as an exquisite stylist, whose essays on adult subjects were pithy and distinctive exercises in wit. \u003cem\u003ePagan Papers\u003c\/em\u003e was the collection with which he established his name in 1893.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Romance of the Rail\u003c\/em\u003e he is torn between the joy of a train's night-whistle - the dreams of discovery it heralds, and the realisation of the 'crowning wrong that is wrought us of furnace and piston-rod'; in \u003cem\u003eLoafing\u003c\/em\u003e he muses over pleasures of mind and their indolent harmony, contrasting them with the 'corporeal pangs' of the thirst for activity; in \u003cem\u003eThe Rural Pan\u003c\/em\u003e he bemoans the advent of dull and good suburban behaviour, relishing that there are still hidden country places where the cheery simple sinner still survives; in \u003cem\u003eOf Smoking\u003c\/em\u003e he offers a paean to the more refined (\u003cem\u003enon\u003c\/em\u003e-cigarette) delectations of tobacco; in \u003cem\u003eThe White Poppy\u003c\/em\u003e he guardedly discusses opium's healing 'magic juice of oblivion'; and in \u003cem\u003eJustifiable Homicide\u003c\/em\u003e he gleefully considers the merits of bumping off irritating relatives!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these, and twelve other brilliant excursions here, where he leads us through the lures and dangers of books, the open road, the countryside, and all the varieties of sensual pleasure, Grahame's consummate style and elegant language mark him out as a master.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48289718665465,"sku":"9780648690979","price":15.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/4kLAM0Bh_G9780648690979.webp?v=1776270188","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/pagan-papers-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}