{"product_id":"2940000735817","title":"Passing of the Third Floor Back","description":"By the author of \"Three Men in a Boat,\" \"Three Men on the Bummel,\" \"Diary of a Pilgrimage,\" \"Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow,\" \"Stage-Land,\" \"Paul Kelver,\" etc. First published 1907.\u003cp\u003eThree fantasies, a serious emotional piece, and two light amusing tales with a moral. \"Passing of the Third Floor Back\" and \"The Soul of Nicholas Snyders\" were adapted as plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Passing of the Third Floor Back\": an angelic visitor brings out the best in the disagreeable inhabitants of a boarding-house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Philosopher's Joke\": three middle-aged couples agree to a \"time displacement\" in hopes of attaining happier lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Soul of Nicholas Snyders\": a cold-hearted miserly old man exchanges souls with a poor and struggling but happy young man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Love of Ulrich Nebendahl\": he loved his small village and its people above all else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies\"; \"The Cost of Kindness\": Two different women discover that their well-meant beliefs can have undesireable results.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B\u0026R Samizdat Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176919843056,"sku":"2940000735817","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940000735817_p0.jpg?v=1763545088","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940000735817","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}