{"product_id":"arcadia-paperback-1","title":"Arcadia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Stoppard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It is a defect of God's humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them.\"--Tom Stoppard, \u003ci\u003eArcadia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a large country house in Derbyshire in April 1809 sits Lady Thomasina Coverly, aged thirteen, and her tutor, Septimus Hodge. Through the window may be seen some of the \"five hundred acres inclusive of lake\" where Capability Brown's idealized landscape is about to give way to the Gothic style: \"everything but vampires,\" as the garden historian Hannah Jarvis remarks to Bernard Nightingale when they stand in the same room 180 years later. Bernard has arrived to uncover the scandal which is said to have taken place when Lord Byron stayed at Sidley Park. Tom Stoppard's masterful play takes us back and forth between the centuries and explores the nature of truth and time, the difference between the Classical and the Romantic temperament, and the disruptive influence of sex on our orbits in life--\"the attraction,\" as Hannah says, \"which Newton left out.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Stoppard\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of such seminal works as \u003ci\u003eRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJumpers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Real Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArcadia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and the trilogy \u003ci\u003eThe Coast of Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e. His screen credits include \u003ci\u003eParade's End\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEnigma\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEmpire of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761380262176,"sku":"9780802126993","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0f5d7f6742cd41d612e52cd6317da8e0.webp?v=1780206038","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/arcadia-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}