{"product_id":"2940013517837","title":"A CHOSEN FEW SHORT STORIES","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  A TALE OF NEGATIVE GRAVITY\u003cbr\u003e    From \"The Christmas Wreck\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ASAPH\u003cbr\u003e    From \"The Watchmaker's Wife\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"HIS WIFE'S DECEASED SISTER\"\u003cbr\u003e    From \"The Lady, or the Tiger?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE LADY, OR THE TIGER?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE REMARKABLE WRECK OF THE \"THOMAS HYKE\"\u003cbr\u003e    From \"The Christmas Wreck\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  OLD PIPES AND THE DRYAD\u003cbr\u003e    From \"The Bee-man of Orn\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE TRANSFERRED GHOST\u003cbr\u003e    From \"The Lady, or the Tiger?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELATIVE EXISTENCES\"\u003cbr\u003e    From \"The Watchmaker's Wife\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  A PIECE OF RED CALICO\u003cbr\u003e    From \"The Lady, or the Tiger?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA TALE OF NEGATIVE GRAVITY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy wife and I were staying at a small town in northern Italy; and on\u003cbr\u003ea certain pleasant afternoon in spring we had taken a walk of six or\u003cbr\u003eseven miles to see the sun set behind some low mountains to the west\u003cbr\u003eof the town. Most of our walk had been along a hard, smooth highway,\u003cbr\u003eand then we turned into a series of narrower roads, sometimes\u003cbr\u003ebordered by walls, and sometimes by light fences of reed or cane.\u003cbr\u003eNearing the mountain, to a low spur of which we intended to ascend,\u003cbr\u003ewe easily scaled a wall about four feet high, and found ourselves\u003cbr\u003eupon pasture-land, which led, sometimes by gradual ascents, and\u003cbr\u003esometimes by bits of rough climbing, to the spot we wished to reach.\u003cbr\u003eWe were afraid we were a little late, and therefore hurried on,\u003cbr\u003erunning up the grassy hills, and bounding briskly over the rough and\u003cbr\u003erocky places. I carried a knapsack strapped firmly to my shoulders,\u003cbr\u003eand under my wife's arm was a large, soft basket of a kind much used\u003cbr\u003eby tourists. Her arm was passed through the handles and around the\u003cbr\u003ebottom of the basket, which she pressed closely to her side. This\u003cbr\u003ewas the way she always carried it. The basket contained two bottles\u003cbr\u003eof wine, one sweet for my wife, and another a little acid for\u003cbr\u003emyself. Sweet wines give me a headache.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170162557168,"sku":"2940013517837","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013517837_p0.jpg?v=1763582204","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013517837","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}