{"product_id":"othello-and-the-shadow-of-william-shakespeare-9781917595230","title":"Othello And the Shadow of Jealousy: Bard409 Shakespeare Retold","description":"\u003ci\u003eIn the glowing courts of Venice, where ambition is measured in whispered bargains, and upon the storm-battered shores of Cyprus, where war and intrigue walk hand in hand, there stirs a tale most grievous and affecting.\u003cbr\u003eHere, the noble Othello - stout of heart yet blind to the snares and serpents that lie coiled beneath courtly smiles. He secures for himself a bride of rarest virtue and sweetest nature. Yet even in such triumph, the seeds of calamity are sown.\u003cbr\u003eFor envy, that green-eyed fiend, and falsehood, that villainous sprite, conspire to poison the well of trust. Around Othello, friendships curdle, good names are sullied, and the purest love is set upon by creeping suspicion and cankered jealousy.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is not Shakespeare's play.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is Othello retold as a\u003c\/b\u003e dark, atmospheric \u003cb\u003enovel \u003c\/b\u003epenned in a vivid, brooding style inspired by the richly textured storytelling of \u003cb\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/b\u003e. A literary adaptation by Richard Pinner, professor of linguistics and digital communication, it reimagines the Bard's tragedy as a story of manipulation, race, passion, and betrayal in a corrupt world.\u003cbr\u003eThis edition also includes a series of short essays exploring key modern themes: race and ethnicity, queer theory, and feminist interpretation.\u003cbr\u003eThis unique edition is not the public domain play, but a complete literary novel adaptation, expanded with critical insights by a modern scholar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Richard Pinner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1917595239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917595230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hungry Wolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d","brand":"William Shakespeare","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906978926847,"sku":"9781917595230","price":13.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c5992356-c9b4-4b62-8ed6-dfd10d3575b0.jpg?v=1748771951","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/othello-and-the-shadow-of-william-shakespeare-9781917595230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}