{"product_id":"the-black-arrow-9781421808611","title":"The Black Arrow","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson | R. L. Stevenson | 1stworld Library\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: 1st World Library - Literary Society\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one but myself knows what I have suffered, nor what my books have gained, by your unsleeping watchfulness and admirable pertinacity. And now here is a volume that goes into the world and lacks your imprimatur: a strange thing in our joint lives; and the reason of it stranger still! I have watched with interest, with pain, and at length with amusement, your unavailing attempts to peruse The Black Arrow; and I think I should lack humour indeed, if I let the occasion slip and did not place your name in the fly-leaf of the only book of mine that you have never read--and never will read. That others may display more constancy is still my hope. The tale was written years ago for a particular audience and (I may say) in rivalry with a particular author; I think I should do well to name him, Mr. Alfred R. Phillips. It was not without its reward at the time. I could not, indeed, displace Mr. Phillips from his well-won priority; but in the eyes of readers who thought less than nothing of Treasure Island, The Black Arrow was supposed to mark a clear advance. Those who read volumes and those who read story papers belong to different worlds. The verdict on Treasure Island was reversed in the other court; I wonder, will it be the same with its successor?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"1st World Library - Literary Society","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47613266296983,"sku":"9781421808611","price":2189.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781421808611.webp?v=1775083864","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-black-arrow-9781421808611","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}