{"product_id":"beatrix","title":"Beatrix","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the love you defend most fiercely is the very thing that blinds you?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the damp, granite town of Guérande, Calyste du Guénic grows up within an old Breton family, proud but poor. He knows little of the world and is ready to give his whole heart. Then Beatrix, Marquise de Rochefide, arrives from Paris: a noblewoman who has left her husband and her place in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearby lives Félicité des Touches, the clever, generous writer known as Camille Maupin, who feels deep tenderness for Calyste. Against her wisdom stands his consuming ideal of love. In Beatrix, Honoré de Balzac brings provincial pride into contact with Parisian vanity, asking what happens when desire refuses to see the person before it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA house holding firm\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enter the crumbling Guénic home, where old rank and stubborn habits outlast wealth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA heart without experience\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Calyste as his readiness to love leaves him exposed to obsession.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA woman beyond convention\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet Camille Maupin, whose independence, wisdom and tenderness offer a counterpoint to Calyste's passion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe need for admiration\u003c\/strong\u003e – Look closely at Beatrix, a proud, wounded woman who wants admiration as much as freedom.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLove among worldly interests\u003c\/strong\u003e – Step into Parisian salons and back rooms, where money, rank and desire shape relationships.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love Balzac's broad social portraits, the Paris of the 1830s, and slow-building stories of love as an illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and enter a Breton house where the past still holds tight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534674919772,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/09794_en_ebook-front_c26.jpg?v=1792175071","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/products\/beatrix","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}