{"product_id":"9781605124537","title":"The Well Beloved","description":"The Well-Beloved is a story of one man's obsessive search for the perfect woman.\u003cbr\u003eJocelyn Pierston is a sculptor. All his life he has been haunted by an image of beauty - the 'well-beloved' - which he yearns for both as an artist and as a lover. Glimpses of her are fleeting, as different women seem to embody this ideal for a time; Pierston grasps but cannot hold his well-beloved. His lifelong search leads to his courtship of three generations of women on the Isle of Slingers (an evocative rendering of the real-life English island of Portland). \u003cbr\u003eThe last of Thomas Hardy's novels to be published, The Well-Beloved is a haunting meditation on art and life.","brand":"Akasha Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057386537200,"sku":"9781605124537","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781605124537_p0.jpg?v=1763834141","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781605124537","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}