{"product_id":"9781455401703","title":"The Golden Bough: a study of magic and religion (abridged edition of 1922)","description":"This \"abridged\" edition is huge -- the equivalent of 10 books the size of Tom Sawyer. The first edition, published 1890, was 2 volumes. The second, published in 1900, was 3 volumes. The third edition, published 1906-1915, was 12 volumes. This edition was published in 1922. According to Wikipedia: \"The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion, written by Scottish anthropologist James George Frazer (1854–1941). It first was published in two volumes in 1890; the third edition, published 1906–15, comprised twelve volumes. It was aimed at a broad literate audience raised on tales as told in such publications as Thomas Bulfinch's The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes (1855). It offered a modernist approach to discussing religion, treating it dispassionately as a cultural phenomenon rather than from a theological perspective. The impact of The Golden Bough on contemporary European literature was substantial.\"","brand":"Seltzer Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155146719472,"sku":"9781455401703","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781455401703_p0.jpg?v=1763852741","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781455401703","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}