{"product_id":"2940013346055","title":"Erewhon","description":"August 7, 1901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I: WASTE LANDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf the reader will excuse me, I will say nothing of my antecedents, nor\u003cbr\u003eof the circumstances which led me to leave my native country; the\u003cbr\u003enarrative would be tedious to him and painful to myself.  Suffice it,\u003cbr\u003ethat when I left home it was with the intention of going to some new\u003cbr\u003ecolony, and either finding, or even perhaps purchasing, waste crown land\u003cbr\u003esuitable for cattle or sheep farming, by which means I thought that I\u003cbr\u003ecould better my fortunes more rapidly than in England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt will be seen that I did not succeed in my design, and that however\u003cbr\u003emuch I may have met with that was new and strange, I have been unable to\u003cbr\u003ereap any pecuniary advantage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is true, I imagine myself to have made a discovery which, if I can be\u003cbr\u003ethe first to profit by it, will bring me a recompense beyond all money\u003cbr\u003ecomputation, and secure me a position such as has not been attained by\u003cbr\u003emore than some fifteen or sixteen persons, since the creation of the\u003cbr\u003euniverse.  But to this end I must possess myself of a considerable sum of\u003cbr\u003emoney: neither do I know how to get it, except by interesting the public\u003cbr\u003ein my story, and inducing the charitable to come forward and assist me.\u003cbr\u003eWith this hope I now publish my adventures; but I do so with great\u003cbr\u003ereluctance, for I fear that my story will be doubted unless I tell the\u003cbr\u003ewhole of it; and yet I dare not do so, lest others with more means than\u003cbr\u003emine should get the start of me.  I prefer the risk of being doubted to\u003cbr\u003ethat of being anticipated, and have therefore concealed my destination on\u003cbr\u003eleaving England, as also the point from which I began my more serious and\u003cbr\u003edifficult journey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy chief consolation lies in the fact that truth bears its own impress,\u003cbr\u003eand that my story will carry conviction by reason of the internal\u003cbr\u003eevidences for its accuracy.  No one who is himself honest will doubt my\u003cbr\u003ebeing so.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079430881520,"sku":"2940013346055","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013346055_p0.jpg?v=1763579983","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013346055","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}