{"product_id":"2940169105483","title":"Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1","description":"\u003cbr\u003eThe Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection comprises short works previously unrecorded for LibriVox - fiction, essays, poetry, letters, magazine articles and speeches - and each volume will be a pot pourri of all genres and periods of his writing. This first volume was released on Dickens' 200th birthday, February 7th 2012 and further volumes followed during the anniversary year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume 1 includes short stories including, amongst others, \u003ci\u003eThe Holly Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, the first part of \u003ci\u003eHoliday Romance\u003c\/i\u003e and three pieces from \u003ci\u003eMugby Junction\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome items requiring a little further explanation are \u003ci\u003ePrince Bull\u003c\/i\u003e, written as a fairy tale, but in reality a scathing attack on the Government's handling of supplies to the troops in the Crimean War; \u003ci\u003eOld Lamps for New Ones\u003c\/i\u003e in which Dickens makes clear his low opinion of the ethos of the Pre-Raphaelite school of painting; and \u003ci\u003eFrauds on the Fairies\u003c\/i\u003e, a polemic against George Cruikshank's bowdlerisation of fairy tales for moralistic purposes, and the interesting revelation that 'product placement' is by no means a new phenomenon. (Introduction by Ruth Golding)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"DISCOS PALMAS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169269825776,"sku":"2940169105483","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169105483_p0.jpg?v=1772800432","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169105483","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}