{"product_id":"9781628724721","title":"Masterpieces of the English Short Novel: Nine Complete Short Novels","description":"These nine novels are the best of the best—great writing by some of the most brilliant literary minds of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Johnson’s biography of Richard Savage raises the life of a scoundrel to the level of great art; George Eliot profoundly influenced Henry James with her horror story \u003ci\u003eThe Lifted Veil\u003c\/i\u003e; Le Fanu writes a “sinister but gracious” supernatural gothic; Joseph Conrad draws from his life as a sea captain in \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Sharer\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNightmare Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e is Thomas Love Peacock’s satire on his friends, the romantic poets Shelley, Coleridge, and Byron.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese, with the other short novels in this collection, represent the pinnacle of achievement in their genre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife of Richard Savage\u003c\/i\u003e, by Samuel Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCastle Rackrent\u003c\/i\u003e, by Maria Edgeworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Room in the Dragon Volant\u003c\/i\u003e, by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCousin Phillis\u003c\/i\u003e, by Elizabeth Gaskell\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lifted Veil\u003c\/i\u003e, by George Eliot\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Sharer\u003c\/i\u003e, by Joseph Conrad\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Case of General Ople and Lady Camper\u003c\/i\u003e, by George Meredith\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNightmare Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e, by Thomas Love Peacock\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiber Amoris\u003c\/i\u003e, by William Hazlitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSkyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arcade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130833912048,"sku":"9781628724721","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781628724721_p0.jpg?v=1763871832","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781628724721","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}