{"product_id":"marriage-z-la-mode-john-dryden-9780803265561","title":"Marriage À La Mode","description":"Whether for love or ambition, for parental approval or reasons of state, marriage has complicated the lives of all who enter into it. First performed in 1671, Dryden's \u003ci\u003eMarriage à la Mode\u003c\/i\u003e portrays the motives high and low that make marriage the pivotal institution of a nation. \u003cp\u003eLike Dryden's best tragicomedies, \u003ci\u003eMarriage à la Mode\u003c\/i\u003e has a double plot. The hopes that marriage excites and the regrets it suffers, the possibilities it opens and the opportunities it denies, its potential nobility and its vulnerability to decay provided Dryden with plentiful dramatic material. Comedy and pathos intersect in plots that entangle and surprise like marriage itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Dryden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803265565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803265561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.46w x 0.42d","brand":"John Dryden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065136558335,"sku":"9780803265561","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5cbc76ca-0428-428d-9ef7-9714b4a959ed.jpg?v=1768673236","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/marriage-z-la-mode-john-dryden-9780803265561","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}