{"product_id":"vera-classic-reprint","title":"Vera (Classic Reprint)","description":"\u003cp\u003eExcerpt from VeraHer father had died at nine oclock that morning, and it was now twelve. The sun beat on her bare head; and the burntup grass along the top of the cliff, and the dusty road that passed the gate, and the glittering sea, and the few white clouds hanging in the sky, all blazed and glared in an extremity of silent, motionless heat and light.Into this emptiness Lucy stared, motionless herself, as if she had been carved in stone. There was not a sail on the sea, nor a line of distant smoke from any steamer, neither was there once the ?ash of a birds wing brushing across the sky. Movement seemed smitten rigid. Sound seemed to have gone to sleep.Lucy stood staring at the sea, her face as empty of expression as the bright blank world before her. Her father had been dead three hours, and she felt nothing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forgotten Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45901679493318,"sku":"DADAX1330961137","price":41.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/713xOQFfH7L.jpg?v=1780327568","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/vera-classic-reprint","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}