{"product_id":"9780571203826","title":"The Shrimp and the Anemone","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Hartley, L. P., \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 03\/04\/2000,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 240 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: FF Classics, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e Published By: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Classic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780571203826\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is a delicious irony and humour in this Jamesian story about Eustace and Hilda, an Edwardian brother and sister, with its famous opening scene as nine-year-old Eustace watches an anemone devour a shrimp in a tidepool among the rocks on a Norfolk beach during the summer holidays. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA shadow begins to be cast over the children's innocent conversations and gaucherie, revealing their anxieties about themselves, and the constraints of their cosseted lives, as the outside world - of other children, dancing lessons, adults, illness, funerals, money, excursions in landaus, future schools - impinges in Eustace and Hilda's intimacies and fantasies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022909603993,"sku":"9780571203826","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780571203826.jpg?v=1602536004","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780571203826","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}