{"product_id":"the-element-of-lavishness-william-maxwell-9781582432472","title":"The Element of Lavishness: Letters of Sylvia Townsend Warner and William Maxwell 1938-1978","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn instant classic in the literature of friendship: the witty, affectionate 40-year correspondence between a great story-writer and her editor . . . pleasure and delight.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn July 1938, William Maxwell, then twenty-nine years old and the acting poetry editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, wrote to Sylvia Townsend Warner inviting her to send him verse. Miss Warner, forty-four and famous for her novel Lolly Willowes, had recently begun writing stories for the magazine, antic, inimitable sketches of English life that Maxwell adored. The poems were sent, and a remarkable friendship was begun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Maxwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1582432473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781582432472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 5.50w x 0.94d","brand":"William Maxwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996345434367,"sku":"9781582432472","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e55db362-d0d7-46d6-ae19-5c6ffe800cb0.jpg?v=1683341156","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-element-of-lavishness-william-maxwell-9781582432472","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}