{"product_id":"the-master-1","title":"The Master","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond-Hand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVery Good condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is January 1895 and Henry James's play, GUY DOMVILLE, from which he hoped to make his fortune, has failed on the London stage.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOpening with this disaster, The Master spans the next five years of James's life, during which time he moves to Rye in Sussex, having found his dream retreat. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere he writes his short masterpiece THE TURN OF THE SCREW, a tale in which he incorporates many details from his own life, including his experiences as a member of one of the great eccentric American families and, later, an exile in England. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImpelled by the need to work and haunted by his past - including his failure to fight in the American Civil War, and the golden summer of 1865, and the death of his sister Alice - James is watchful and witty, relishing the England in which he has come to live and regretting the New England he has left.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com\/search?q=Colm+T%C3%B3ib%C3%ADn\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003eMore books by Colm Tóibín\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Colm Tóibín","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134960111785,"sku":"","price":5.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/master_9457f663-749c-413c-a182-11bba5961d03.jpg?v=1649824028","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-master-1","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}