{"product_id":"the-amber-gods-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"The Amber Gods and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlfred Bendixen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA widely held vision of nineteenth-century American women is of lives lived in naive, domestic peace-the girls of \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e making do until father comes home from the war. Nothing could be less true of Harriet Prescott Spofford's stories. In fact, her editor at the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e at first refused to believe that an unworldly woman from New England had written them. Her style, though ornate by our 20th century standards, adds to its atmosphere, like heavy, Baroque furniture in a large and creepy house. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The title story presents a self-centered and captivating woman who ruthlessly steals her orphan cousin's lover. In \"Circumstance,\" a pioneer woman returning home through the woods at night is caught by a panther; her husband, who has come to save her, can only watch from the ground as she sings for her life, pinned in a tree. A train engineer hallucinates again and again that he is running over his wife. And Mrs. Craven, who's a bit \"weak\" in the head, mindlessly repeats \"Three men went down cellar and only two came up.\" These stories combine elements of the best ghost stories-timing, detail, and character -with just enough chill to make you think twice about turning out your lights at night.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlfred Bendixen teaches in the English department at California State University, Los Angeles. He has edited \u003ci\u003eHaunted Women\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of supernatural tales by American women writers, and a new edition of the composite novel\u003ci\u003e The Whole Family\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757781680416,"sku":"9780813514017","price":61.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3bfb8f9631d2b347c29e389c8a3a47a8.webp?v=1780111594","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-amber-gods-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}