{"product_id":"2940000740491","title":"Embarrassments","description":"The almost autoerotic parable, \u003ci\u003eThe Figure in the Carpet\u003c\/i\u003e (1896) concerns the \"secret\" surrounding the published works of Hugh Vereker, which his friends, the narrator and another critic, seek in vain to unravel. The rival critic at last discovers the secret, but dies before he can reveal it. \u003ci\u003eGlasses\u003c\/i\u003e (1896) is the gruesome tale of how personal physical appearances effected prospects in the marriage market. \u003ci\u003eThe Next Time\u003c\/i\u003e (1895) was another of James' contributions to \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Book\u003c\/i\u003e in which an author, determined to write a best seller, continually produces \"an unscrupulous, an unsparing, a shameless, merciless masterpiece.\" They all, of course, prove to be commercially unsuccessful. \u003ci\u003eThe Way It Came\u003c\/i\u003e (1896) was re-entitled \u003ci\u003eThe Friends of the Friends\u003c\/i\u003e in its New York edition. It is a return to one of James' old themes-the anti-marriage plot.  ","brand":"B\u0026R Samizdat Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156963639536,"sku":"2940000740491","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940000740491_p0.jpg?v=1763898587","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940000740491","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}