{"product_id":"2940151341356","title":"The Legacy of Cain, The Original Novel","description":"At the request of a person who has claims on me that I must not disown, I consent to look back through a long interval of years and to describe events which took place within the walls of an English prison during the earlier period of my appointment as Governor. \u003cbr\u003eViewing my task by the light which later experience casts on it, I think I shall act wisely by exercising some control over the freedom of my pen. \u003cbr\u003eI propose to pass over in silence the name of the town in which is situated the prison once confided to my care. I shall observe a similar discretion in alluding to individuals—some dead, some living, at the present time. \u003cbr\u003eBeing obliged to write of a woman who deservedly suffered the extreme penalty of the law, I think she will be sufficiently identified if I call her The Prisoner. Of the four persons present on the evening before her execution three may be distinguished one from the other by allusion to their vocations in life. I here introduce them as The Chaplain, The Minister, and The Doctor. The fourth was a young woman. She has no claim on my consideration; and, when she is mentioned, her name may appear. If these reserves excite suspicion, I declare beforehand that they influence in no way the sense of responsibility which commands an honest man to speak the truth.","brand":"Shepperd Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171196387568,"sku":"2940151341356","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151341356_p0.jpg?v=1764009658","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151341356","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}