{"product_id":"the-ghost-by-arnold-bennett-arnold-bennett-9781603120036","title":"The Ghost by Arnold Bennett, Fiction, Literary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Lord Clarenceux had met her then,\" said Sir Cyril, speaking of Rosetta Rosa, the opera's soprano with the golden throat.\u003c\/strong\u003e I was drawn to the woman, and listened eagerly. \"She merely said she would think it over. She wouldn't sign a contract. After a week's negotiation, I was compelled to own myself beaten. Nothing happened for a time. She sang in Paris and America, and took her proper place as the first soprano in the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLater, I spoke to her myself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"He is dead now,\" she told me. \"You have heard -- everyone knows -- that I was once engaged to Lord Clarenceux. He was a friend. He loved me -- he died --\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lord Clarenceux must have been a great man,\" I said.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"That is exactly what he was. I wish I could describe him to you, but I cannot. He was immensely rich . . . he fell in love with me, and offered me his hand. I declined -- I was afraid of him. He said he would shoot himself. And he would have done it; so I accepted. I should have ended by loving him. Lord Clarenceux died. And I am alone. I was terribly lonely after his death. I missed his jealousy . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arnold Bennett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1603120033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603120036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aegypan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Arnold Bennett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065739784447,"sku":"9781603120036","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de901ff0-47eb-4c42-a3d6-1021b086eddb.jpg?v=1768676947","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ghost-by-arnold-bennett-arnold-bennett-9781603120036","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}