{"product_id":"9780241252147","title":"Seven Hanged","description":"\u003cp\u003e'It was like walking along the knife-edge of the highest possible mountain range, seeing life on one side and death on the other in the form of two deep, gorgeous and gleaming seascapes.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis astonishing novella from 1908, newly translated for Little Black Classics by\u003ci\u003e War and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e translator Anthony Briggs, probes the emotions and experiences of seven people condemned to death in Tsarist Russia. A powerful and subtle exploration of the morality of capital punishment, it was a bestseller at the time, and, in a strange quirk of history, influenced the conspirators in the cataclysmic assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073638318320,"sku":"9780241252147","price":2.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780241252147_p0.jpg?v=1763681059","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780241252147","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}