{"product_id":"don-juan","title":"Don Juan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the famous seducer is a kind young man swept along by everyone else’s desires?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Lord Byron’s long comic poem Don Juan, a young Spaniard’s careful upbringing offers little protection against love and scandal. His mother, Donna Inez, wants him pure and respectable. Donna Julia, a clever married woman, unsettles those plans. Juan’s journey opens in Seville, where desire and the need to appear virtuous pull in different directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond Seville lie shipwreck, an island romance, a sultan’s palace and fashionable drawing rooms. Yet Juan shares the stage with a narrator who refuses to stay on course. He interrupts adventures with jokes, complaints and attacks on hypocrisy. Byron’s satire turns from love to war and politics, asking why people condemn desire while excusing cruelty and the abuse of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAn unexpected romantic hero\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a good-natured Juan who is pursued more often than he pursues.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLove on a Greek island\u003c\/strong\u003e – Encounter Haidee, the pirate’s daughter who finds Juan washed onto the shore.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA narrator without restraint\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow a restless voice that leaves the plot behind to joke, complain and challenge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSociety caught pretending\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch Byron expose the distance between respectable appearances and the desires beneath them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVerse with a comic turn\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover ottava rima, where alternating rhymes lead into a closing pair of lines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love wit, travel and satire, and welcome a wandering poem rather than a tightly tied plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and meet Juan before love overturns his mother’s careful plans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":58289272488284,"sku":"LOA-C307-EB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":58289272521052,"sku":"LOA-C307-AU","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":58289272553820,"sku":"LOA-C307-PB","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":58289272586588,"sku":"LOA-C307-HC","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/loa-top-00307-en_e480f8dd-c1ef-4ce0-9c73-6d78b623c74f.jpg?v=1792697433","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/fr\/products\/don-juan","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}