{"product_id":"2940013741133","title":"After Holbein","description":"Anson Warley had had his moments of being a rather remarkable man; but\u003cbr\u003ethey were only intermittent; they recurred at ever-lengthening intervals;\u003cbr\u003eand between times he was a small poor creature, chattering with cold\u003cbr\u003einside, in spite of his agreeable and even distinguished exterior.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe had always been perfectly aware of these two sides of himself (which,\u003cbr\u003eeven in the privacy of his own mind, he contemptuously refused to dub a\u003cbr\u003edual personality); and as the rather remarkable man could take fairly\u003cbr\u003egood care of himself, most of Warley's attention was devoted to\u003cbr\u003eministering to the poor wretch who took longer and longer turns at\u003cbr\u003ebearing his name, and was more and more insistent in accepting the\u003cbr\u003einvitations which New York, for over thirty years, had tirelessly poured\u003cbr\u003eout on him. It was in the interest of this lonely fidgety unemployed self\u003cbr\u003ethat Warley, in his younger days, had frequented the gaudiest restaurants\u003cbr\u003eand the most glittering Palace Hotels of two hemispheres, subscribed to\u003cbr\u003ethe most advanced literary and artistic reviews, bought the pictures of\u003cbr\u003ethe young painters who were being the most vehemently discussed, missed\u003cbr\u003efew of the showiest first nights in New York, London or Paris, sought the\u003cbr\u003ecompany of the men and women--especially the women--most conspicuous in\u003cbr\u003efashion, scandal, or any other form of social notoriety, and thus tried\u003cbr\u003eto warm the shivering soul within him at all the passing bonfires of\u003cbr\u003esuccess.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe original Anson Warley had begun by staying at home in his little\u003cbr\u003eflat, with his books and his thoughts, when the other poor creature went\u003cbr\u003eforth; but gradually--he hardly knew when or how--he had slipped into the\u003cbr\u003eway of going too, till finally he made the bitter discovery that he and\u003cbr\u003ethe creature had become one, except on the increasingly rare occasions\u003cbr\u003ewhen, detaching himself from all casual contingencies, he mounted to the\u003cbr\u003elofty water-shed which fed the sources of his scorn. The view from there\u003cbr\u003ewas vast and glorious, the air was icy but exhilarating; but soon he\u003cbr\u003ebegan to find the place too lonely, and too difficult to get to,\u003cbr\u003eespecially as the lesser Anson not only refused to go up with him but\u003cbr\u003ebegan to sneer, at first ever so faintly, then with increasing insolence,\u003cbr\u003eat this affectation of a taste for heights.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152610017520,"sku":"2940013741133","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013741133_p0.jpg?v=1763589623","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013741133","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}