{"product_id":"2940013336230","title":"THE TIN SOLDIER","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK ONE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eON THE SHELF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      I  THE TOY SHOP\u003cbr\u003e     II  CINDERELLA\u003cbr\u003e    III  DRUSILLA\u003cbr\u003e     IV  THE QUESTION\u003cbr\u003e      V  THE SLACKER\u003cbr\u003e     VI  THE PROMISE\u003cbr\u003e    VII  HILDA\u003cbr\u003e   VIII  THE SHADOWED ROOM\u003cbr\u003e     IX  ROSE-COLOR!\u003cbr\u003e      X  A MAN WITH MONEY\u003cbr\u003e     XI  HILDA WEARS A CROWN\u003cbr\u003e    XII  WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG\u003cbr\u003e   XIII  ARE MEN MADE ONLY FOR THIS?\u003cbr\u003e    XIV  SHINING SOULS\u003cbr\u003e     XV  HILDA BREAKS THE RULES\u003cbr\u003e    XVI  JEAN-JOAN\u003cbr\u003e   XVII  THE WHITE CAT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK TWO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHROUGH THE CRACK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVIII THE BROAD HIGHWAY\u003cbr\u003e    XIX HILDA SHAKES A TREE\u003cbr\u003e     XX  THE VISION OF BRAVE WOMEN\u003cbr\u003e    XXI  DERBY'S WIFE\u003cbr\u003e   XXII  JEAN PLAYS PROXY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK THREE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BUGLE CALLS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIII  THE EMPTY HOUSE\u003cbr\u003e   XXIV  THE SINGING WOMAN\u003cbr\u003e    XXV  WHITE VIOLETS\u003cbr\u003e   XXVI  THE HOPE OF THE WORLD\u003cbr\u003e  XXVII  MARCHING FEET\u003cbr\u003e XXVIII  SIX DAYS\u003cbr\u003e   XXIX  \"HE CAME TO THE WARS!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eILLUSTRATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I shall come back for more\" . . . . . . _Frontispiece_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I haven't anything left--for you\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If anything should happen, you will remember?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These are my jewels\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK ONE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eON THE SHELF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I cannot bear it,\" the Tin Soldier said, standing on the shelf, \"I\u003cbr\u003ecannot bear it.  It is so melancholy here.  Let me rather go to the\u003cbr\u003ewars and lose my arms and legs.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHANS ANDERSEN: The Old House.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE TIN SOLDIER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE TOY SHOP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lights shining through the rain on the smooth street made of it a\u003cbr\u003egolden river.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe shabby old gentleman navigated unsteadily until he came to a\u003cbr\u003ecorner.  A lamp-post offered safe harbor.  He steered for it and took\u003cbr\u003ehis bearings.  On each side of the glimmering stream loomed dark\u003cbr\u003ehouses.  A shadowy blot on the triangle he knew to be a church.  Beyond\u003cbr\u003ethe church was the intersecting avenue.  Down the avenue were the small\u003cbr\u003eexclusive shops which were gradually encroaching on the residence\u003cbr\u003esection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe shabby old gentleman took out his watch.  It was a fine old watch,\u003cbr\u003enot at all in accord with the rest of him.  It was almost six.  The\u003cbr\u003edarkness of the November afternoon had come at five.  The shabby old\u003cbr\u003egentleman swung away from the lamppost and around the corner, then\u003cbr\u003ebolted triumphantly into the Toy Shop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Here I am,\" he said, with an attempt at buoyancy, and sat down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh,\" said the girl behind the counter, \"you are wet.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, I said I'd come, didn't I?  Rain or shine?  In five minutes I\u003cbr\u003eshould have been too late--shop closed--\"  He lurched a little towards\u003cbr\u003eher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe backed away from him.  \"You--you are--wet--won't you take cold--?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Never take cold--glad to get here--\"  He smiled and shut his eyes,\u003cbr\u003eopened them and smiled again, nodded and recovered, nodded and came to\u003cbr\u003erest with his head on the counter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe girl made a sudden rush for the rear door of the shop.  \"Look here,\u003cbr\u003eEmily.  Poor old duck!\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147514429680,"sku":"2940013336230","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013336230_p0.jpg?v=1763579870","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013336230","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}