{"product_id":"2940013740723","title":"A Collier's Friday Night","description":"The kitchen or living-room of a working-man's house.  At the back\u003cbr\u003ethe fireplace, with a large fire burning.  On the left, on the oven\u003cbr\u003eside of the stove, a WOMAN of some fifty-five years sits in a\u003cbr\u003ewooden rocking-chair, reading.  Behind her and above her, in the\u003cbr\u003erecess made by the fireplace, four shelves of books, the shelf-\u003cbr\u003ecovers being of green serge, with woollen ball fringe, and the\u003cbr\u003ebooks being ill-assorted school books, with an edition of Lessing,\u003cbr\u003eflorid in green and gilt, but tarnished.  On the left, a window\u003cbr\u003elooking on a garden where the rain is dripping through the first\u003cbr\u003etwilight.  Under the window, a sofa, the bed covered with red\u003cbr\u003echintz.  By the side of the window, on the wall near the ceiling, a\u003cbr\u003equiver clothes-horse is outspread with the cotton articles which\u003cbr\u003ehave been ironed, hanging to air.  Under the outspread clothes is\u003cbr\u003ethe door which communicates with the scullery and with the yard.\u003cbr\u003eOn the right side of the fireplace, in the recess equivalent to\u003cbr\u003ethat where the bookshelves stand, a long narrow window, and below\u003cbr\u003eit, a low, brown, fixed cupboard, whose top forms a little\u003cbr\u003esideboard, on which stand a large black enamel box of oil-colours,\u003cbr\u003eand a similar japanned box of water-colours, with Reeve's silver\u003cbr\u003etrade-mark.  There is also on the cupboard top a tall glass jar\u003cbr\u003econtaining ragged pink chrysanthemums.  On the right is a bookcase\u003cbr\u003eupon a chest of drawers.  This piece of furniture is of stained\u003cbr\u003epolished wood in imitation of mahogany.  The upper case is full of\u003cbr\u003ebooks, seen through the two flimsy glass doors: a large set of the\u003cbr\u003eWorld's Famous Literature in dark green at the top--then on the\u003cbr\u003enext shelf prize-books in calf and gold, and imitation soft leather\u003cbr\u003epoetry-books, and a Nuttall's dictionary and Cassell's French,\u003cbr\u003eGerman and Latin dictionaries.  On each side of the bookcase are\u003cbr\u003eprints from water-colours, large, pleasing and well framed in oak.\u003cbr\u003eBetween the little brown cupboard and the bookcase, an arm-chair,\u003cbr\u003esmall, round, with many little staves; a comfortable chair such as\u003cbr\u003eis seen in many working-class kitchens; it has a red chintz\u003cbr\u003ecushion.  There is another Windsor chair on the other side of the\u003cbr\u003ebookcase.  Over the mantelpiece, which is high, with brass\u003cbr\u003ecandlesticks and two \"Coronation\" tumblers in enamel, hangs a\u003cbr\u003epicture of Venice, from one of Stead's Christmas Numbers--\u003cbr\u003enevertheless, satisfactory enough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe WOMAN in the rocking-chair is dressed in black, and wears a\u003cbr\u003eblack sateen apron.  She wears spectacles, and is reading The New\u003cbr\u003eAge.  Now and again she looks over her paper at a piece of bread\u003cbr\u003ewhich stands on a hanging bar before the fire, propped up by a\u003cbr\u003efork, toasting.  There is a little pile of toast on a plate on the\u003cbr\u003eboiler hob beside a large saucepan; the kettle and a brown teapot\u003cbr\u003eare occupying the oven-top near the WOMAN.  The table is laid for\u003cbr\u003etea, with four large breakfast-cups in dark-blue willow-pattern,\u003cbr\u003eand plates similar.  It is an oval mahogany table, large enough to\u003cbr\u003eseat eight comfortably.  The WOMAN sees the piece of bread smoking,\u003cbr\u003eand takes it from the fire.  She butters it and places it on the\u003cbr\u003eplate on the hob, after which she looks out of the window, then,\u003cbr\u003etaking her paper, sits down again in her place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSOMEONE passes the long narrow window, only the head being seen,\u003cbr\u003ethen quite close to the large window on the left.  There is a noise\u003cbr\u003eas the outer door opens and is shut, then the kitchen door opens,\u003cbr\u003eand a GIRL enters.  She is tall and thin, and wears a long grey\u003cbr\u003ecoat and a large blue hat, quite plain.  After glancing at the\u003cbr\u003etable, she crosses the room, drops her two exercise-books on the\u003cbr\u003ewooden chair by the bookcase, saying:","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070198464752,"sku":"2940013740723","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013740723_p0.jpg?v=1763589615","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013740723","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}