{"product_id":"the-amber-gods-and-other-alfred-bendixen-9780813514017","title":"The Amber Gods and Other Stories","description":"A widely held vision of nineteenth-century American women is of lives lived in naive, domestic peace--the girls of \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e making do until father comes home from the war. Nothing could be less true of Harriet Prescott Spofford's stories. In fact, her editor at the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e at first refused to believe that an unworldly woman from New England had written them. Her style, though ornate by our 20th century standards, adds to its atmosphere, like heavy, Baroque furniture in a large and creepy house. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe title story presents a self-centered and captivating woman who ruthlessly steals her orphan cousin's lover. In \"Circumstance,\" a pioneer woman returning home through the woods at night is caught by a panther; her husband, who has come to save her, can only watch from the ground as she sings for her life, pinned in a tree. A train engineer hallucinates again and again that he is running over his wife. And Mrs. Craven, who's a bit \"weak\" in the head, mindlessly repeats \"Three men went down cellar and only two came up.\" These stories combine elements of the best ghost stories--timing, detail, and character --with just enough chill to make you think twice about turning out your lights at night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred Bendixen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813514010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813514017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d","brand":"Alfred Bendixen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992485331199,"sku":"9780813514017","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17dca181-620a-4a2c-a935-5475ac545b55.jpg?v=1683319201","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-amber-gods-and-other-alfred-bendixen-9780813514017","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}