{"product_id":"green-mansions-isbn-9781585679485","title":"Green Mansions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eW.H. Hudson’s most famous novel, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreen Mansions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, is the book that sparked the nature conservation movement. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA master of natural history writing, W.H. Hudson forms a link between 19th-century Romanticism and the 20th-century ecological movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1904, \u003ci\u003eGreen Mansions\u003c\/i\u003e owes much of its success to the mystic, near-religious feelings that pervade the story. Hudson’s halting, poetic expressions combined with his descriptions of untouched natural beauty make the novel as powerful a call back to nature today as it was more than 100 years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a failed revolution, Abel is forced to seek refuge in the virgin forests of southwestern Venezuela. There, in his “green mansion,” Abel meets the wood-nymph Rima, the last of a reclusive aboriginal race. The bird-girl’s ethereal presence captivates him completely, but the love that blossoms is soon darkened by cruelty and sorrow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring a love somewhere between reality and imagination, \u003ci\u003eGreen Mansions\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant meditation on the loss of wilderness, the dream of a return to nature, and the bitter reality of the encounter between \"savage\" and \"civilized\" man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe inspiration for the movie starring Audrey Hepburn, \u003ci\u003eGreen Mansions\u003c\/i\u003e stunningly re-creates the untouched forests of South America with amazing detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harry N. Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44895779619045,"sku":"NP9781585679485","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/green-mansions-isbn-9781585679485","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}