{"product_id":"2940014618915","title":"A Woman\u0026#x2019;s Love, and a Wife\u0026#x2019;s Duty.","description":"A Woman’s Love, and a Wife’s Duty.\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Amelia Opie\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePhiladelphia:\u003cbr\u003eCrissy \u0026amp; Markley, No. 4 Minor St.\u003cbr\u003e1848.\u003cbr\u003ePrinted by T. K. \u0026amp; P. G. Collins.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction.\u003cbr\u003eThe History of Seymour and Helen Pendarves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eYou command, and I obey: still, so conscious am I of the deceitfulness of the human heart, and especially of my own, that I am doubtful whether I am not following the dictates of self-love, when I seem to be actuated by friendship only; as you have repeatedly assured me, that the story of my life will not alone _amuse_ and _interest_ you, but also hold up to an injudicious and suffering friend of yours, a salutary example of the patient fulfilment of a _wife’s duty_.\u003cbr\u003eThere is something very gratifying to one’s self-love, in being held up as an example: but _remember_, I beg, that while to oblige you I draw the veil from past occurrences, and live over again the most trying scenes of my life, I think myself more a warning than an example; and that, if I exhibit in any degree, that difficult and sometimes painful task--the fulfilment of a wife’s duty--I at the same time exhibit the rash and dangerous fervour of a _Woman’s Love_.\u003cbr\u003eI must begin my narrative, by a short account of my progenitors.","brand":"Denise Henry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146142531824,"sku":"2940014618915","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014618915","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}