{"product_id":"felix-holt-the-radical","title":"Félix Holt, le radical","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat good is a vote if winning it means turning your back on your conscience?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn George Eliot’s Felix Holt, the Radical, reform reaches the Midlands town of Treby Magna. It is 1832, and the first Reform Act is changing who may vote. Felix, a young watchmaker with a stubborn conscience, wants to educate his neighbours rather than flatter them. Wealthy Harold Transome returns home to stand for Parliament as a Radical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Transome Court, Harold’s proud mother struggles to hold on to the estate she has long managed. An uneasy past shadows the household. Between that world and Felix’s stands Esther Lyon, a minister’s daughter drawn to rank and comfort. As the election sharpens local tensions, her choices bring love, duty and the worth of a life into question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA radical with principles\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet Felix, who rejects dishonest profit and asks what lasting change demands of ordinary people.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLove that challenges comfort\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Felix and Esther as their quarrels test what each believes makes a worthy life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAn estate under strain\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enter Transome Court, where pride, family expectations and an unsettled past weigh on the present.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePolitics close to home\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch a village election draw questions of land, law and conscience into everyday lives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA humane questioning voice\u003c\/strong\u003e – Spend time with Eliot’s reflective narrator, who invites you to think alongside the story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love Victorian novels blending romance with politics, and want to see ordinary people face the push for reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and enter Treby Magna, where public change puts private convictions to the test.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534577500508,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/04019_en_ebook-front_c20.jpg?v=1792174912","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/fr\/products\/felix-holt-le-radical","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}