{"product_id":"the-artist-of-the-beautiful-nathaniel-hawthorne-9781976453021","title":"The Artist of the Beautiful","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFull text.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOwen Warland is a young watchmaker who devotes his life to the creation of a beautiful mechanical butterfly which he presents to his friend Annie as a wedding gift. Annie and her family are not artists and they are unable to appreciate the beauty of Owen's butterfly or to understand why he wasted so much time making it when he could have been doing something more useful. Each character in the story represents a different side of human nature and it's interesting to see how Owen's butterfly reacts differently to each of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautifully written short story with the message that not everything in life needs to have a purpose - some things are worth doing just for the sake of doing them. Despite being ridiculed by the other townspeople, Owen doesn't let other people's opinions stop him in his pursuit of spiritual happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 197645302X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781976453021\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 09\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d","brand":"Nathaniel Hawthorne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125768417535,"sku":"9781976453021","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a4794ba9-00cc-409d-ae65-eae07605079e.jpg?v=1687444580","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-artist-of-the-beautiful-nathaniel-hawthorne-9781976453021","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}