{"product_id":"modeste-mignon","title":"Modeste Mignon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the poet you love is not the man putting his heart into your letters?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Le Havre, Modeste Mignon lives quietly by the sea, filling her mind with romances and dreams of grand passion. She chooses Melchior de Canalis, a celebrated Paris poet she knows only through his verse, and writes to him in secret. But the replies come from someone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErnest de la Brière, Canalis's modest and sensitive helper, answers with feelings of his own. Around Modeste, family guardians and suitors have plans for her future. In Honoré de Balzac's romance, the search for love meets the claims of money, rank and reputation. How can she judge a heart when fame makes such a dazzling disguise?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA dream fed by novels\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a bright young woman who expects love to be as grand as poetry.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLetters with hidden hearts\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow a secret correspondence where the name on the page conceals the person behind it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFame against quiet honesty\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch Canalis's pride and love of flattery stand beside Ernest's modest, heartfelt devotion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGuardians with their own plans\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enter a household where fierce care for Modeste also means guarding the family's honor.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLove under society's gaze\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover how fortune, class and reputation complicate the wish to know and love someone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy gentle love stories with a sharp eye for money, class and vanity, and romance unfolding through letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and follow Modeste's secret letter toward the heart behind the words.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534714896732,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/10006_en_ebook-front_c19.jpg?v=1792175125","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/fr\/products\/modeste-mignon-fr","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}