{"product_id":"the-green-window-paperback","title":"The Green Window - 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\u003eVincent O'Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo help a man is like reviving an assassin who has designs on your life. ... A sense of obligation engenders a sense of hate.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book of monologues contains twenty-five short, pithy, often cynical, prose pieces from the acerbic pen of the late nineteenth-century writer, Vincent O'Sullivan. First published in 1899, the collection captures the aesthetics of the Decadence movement with its emphasis on excess, transgression and sensuality. O'Sullivan's circle included Oscar Wilde, Leonard Smithers, Aubrey Beardsley and other \u003cem\u003efin-de-si cle\u003c\/em\u003e luminaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eO'Sullivan provides each monologue with an enigmatic mononym, such as 'Sob', 'Wear', 'Crave'. A concept that is extended in this edition by the inclusion of images, notably Beardsley's \"The Litany of Mary Magdalen\", to accompany, but not necessarily to illustrate, the prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVincent O'Sullivan (1868-1940) was born into a prosperous Irish American family in New York and moved to London as a child. He spent much of his life in the \u003cem\u003edemi-monde\u003c\/em\u003e world that is the setting of his books and stories, ultimately dying penniless and being buried in a pauper's grave in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 74\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.15 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47250570969337,"sku":"9781910146446","price":11.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/U2J5a3RxL2E3ZzZtcUtwWWx2d0VlZz09.webp?v=1768664184","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-green-window-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}