{"product_id":"on-murder-thomas-de-quincey-9781534926837","title":"On Murder: Considered as One of the Fine Arts","description":"\"On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts\" is an essay by Thomas De Quincey first published in 1827 in Blackwood's Magazine. The essay is a fictional, satirical account of an address made to a gentleman's club concerning the aesthetic appreciation of murder. It focuses particularly on a series of murders allegedly committed in 1811 by John Williams in the neighborhood of Ratcliffe Highway, London. The essay was enthusiastically received and led to numerous sequels, including \"A Second Paper on Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts\" in 1839 and a \"Postscript\" in 1854. These essays have exerted a strong influence on subsequent literary representations of crime and were lauded by such critics as G. K. Chesterton, Wyndham Lewis and George Orwell. De Quincey also refers to the Williams murders in his \"On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas de Quincey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1534926836\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781534926837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.06d","brand":"Thomas de Quincey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43936949338367,"sku":"9781534926837","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_465d94c0-f220-4bf8-b871-18eb8065075a.jpg?v=1681427430","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-murder-thomas-de-quincey-9781534926837","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}