{"product_id":"2940148294146","title":"A Village Commune (Annotated)","description":"From one of the most prolific writers of the 19th Century comes a romance set in the countryside of Italy as it turns from an idyllic world into a smoke-belching industrialized marketplace. It is the story of the common man who works the land for a living and the government leeches who use laws to line their pockets. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story, like all romances centers around two lovers, Viola and Carmelo. After a jealous government worker is rebuffed by Viola, the rules he passes all seem to directly affect the two families.  What follows is the ruin of a family at the hands of government policies, but a minor triumphs of human spirit in daily life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCorrected and restored from the original three-volume set. This e-book provides Ouida's complete tale as well as Charles Warren Stoddard's short sketch \"Ouida in Her Winter City\" from National Magazine (1905).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGutter Type Press is dedicated to bringing forgotten works to the digital reader. Our titles have been designed to reflect the feel of the original edition on e-readers. Typos and errors have been corrected, and the text reformatted for a modern reading experience.","brand":"Gutter Type Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111223181552,"sku":"2940148294146","price":3.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148294146_p0.jpg?v=1763700843","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148294146","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}