{"product_id":"2940169889024","title":"The Fortunes of Philippa","description":"The Fortunes of Philippa (1906) is a schoolgirl novel by Angela Brazil.  Excerpt from the book:  My father looked me up and down with a glance of despair which would have been comical if it had not seemed at the same time somewhat pathetic.  \"I can do the fifth proposition in Euclid,\" I objected, \"and the Latin Grammar as far as irregular verbs.\"  My father shook his head.  \"That might help you a little if you were a boy in a public school, but it's not all that your mother would have wished. You've not been taught a note of music, you can't speak French or dance a quadrille, and if it came to a question of fine sewing, I'm afraid you'd scarcely know which was the right end of your needle!\"  The list of my deficiencies was so dreadfully true that I had no excuse to bring forward, and my father continued.  \"Besides, it's absurd to attempt to educate you in this spot, where you've no opportunity of mixing with cultured people. I wish you to see England, and to have companions of your own age.\"","brand":"Jonah Magar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178751869168,"sku":"2940169889024","price":5.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169889024_p0.jpg?v=1763696690","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169889024","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}