{"product_id":"2940151484800","title":"The Rubáiyát","description":"The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, written by a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyam (1048 – 1131).\u003cbr\u003eA rubai is a two-line stanza with two parts per line, hence the word rubaiyat meaning quatrains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe world’s best-known translations are made by Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883).\u003cbr\u003e1st edition – 1859 (75 quatrains)\u003cbr\u003e2nd edition – 1868 (110 quatrains)\u003cbr\u003e3rd edition – 1872 (101 quatrains)\u003cbr\u003e4th edition – 1879 (101 quatrains)\u003cbr\u003e5th edition – 1889 (101 quatrains)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a work of English literature FitzGerald's version is a high point of the 19th century and has been greatly influential.","brand":"Magic Fairy Tales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122544558320,"sku":"2940151484800","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151484800_p0.jpg?v=1764011117","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151484800","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}