{"product_id":"2940014220439","title":"Mr. Collins's Last Supper: a short story inspired by Jane Austen's \"Pride and Prejudice\"","description":"William Collins (from Jane Austen’s \"Pride and Prejudice\") is a man upon whom the face of undeserved fortune has smiled. Despite his notable shortcomings of mind and character, he has secured for himself a comfortable living as the rector of Hunsford parish, and a humane and sensible wife.  He also looks forward to the day when he shall inherit a tidy estate in Hertfordshire. Until then, he basks in the rarified light of Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s patronage, a place where he can sample, albeit vicariously, the wealth and consequence he secretly yearns for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps Mr. Collins should be satisfied, yet he cannot help hungering for a slightly higher style of living than his pocket currently supports. After all, a simple country parson cannot afford to put a fine cut of meat on his table every day...but his esteemed patroness can. When, over the strenuous objections of his wife Charlotte, Mr. Collins induces Lady Catherine to send a joint of mutton to the parsonage, little does he suspect the inauspicious outcome to which that tasty meal will lead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMr. Collins’s Last Supper is the tongue-in-cheek tale of how a pompous clergyman discovers too late why gluttony is considered one of the seven deadly sins.","brand":"Heather Ridge Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177138307312,"sku":"2940014220439","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014220439_p0.jpg?v=1763603311","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014220439","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}