{"product_id":"louis-lambert-large-print","title":"Louis Lambert — Large Print","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when a boy’s mind reaches beyond everything his world knows how to hold?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouis Lambert, a tanner’s son from Montoire, reads everything he can find. At the strict college of Vendome, his hunger for ideas meets punishment and mockery. His only close friend becomes the narrator of his story, recalling a gifted boy who begins to ask whether thought is a force the will can gather and direct.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Honoré de Balzac’s short philosophical novel, the search for knowledge carries a personal cost. Louis seeks a theory of thought, will and the soul, while school rules, poverty and the needs of the body press against his ambitions. Through his friend’s memories and letters, the story brings you close to a mind whose reach puts it under growing strain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA reader without rest\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a country child whose appetite for books opens onto questions without easy answers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFriendship inside strict walls\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enter Vendome through the memories of the schoolmate who becomes Louis’s only close companion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe force of thought\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Louis’s theory that thought has substance and the will can direct its power.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA search beyond reason\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore Balzac’s interest in Swedenborg and the spiritual questions that shape Louis’s restless thinking.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe price of reaching further\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider what happens when extraordinary gifts meet institutions unable to make room for them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love ideas as much as plot, stories of gifted children and schools, or Balzac beyond his Paris novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and meet Louis through the eyes of the friend who remembers him.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Large Print Paperback","offer_id":58289360732508,"sku":"LOA-C1401-LPPB","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large Print Hardcover","offer_id":58289360765276,"sku":"LOA-C1401-LPHC","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large Print eBook","offer_id":58289360798044,"sku":"LOA-C1401-LPEB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/loa-top-01401-en_301760ef-7ca1-4d93-8207-373049178e46.jpg?v=1792697454","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/it\/products\/louis-lambert-large-print","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}