{"product_id":"adam-eve-and-bridoison","title":"Adam, Eva och Brid'oison","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does freedom mean inside a marriage when the law gives one partner power over the other?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Adam, Eve and Brid'oison, Paul Margueritte explores the bond between men and women in a France divided over marriage. Husbands hold wide legal power over wives. Divorce is possible again, but its terms remain contested. Against this background, the novel asks what fairness can mean when the rules favour one side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title brings Adam and Eve together with Brid'oison, Beaumarchais's slow-witted judge. The first couple suggests an old question: what do men and women owe each other? The judge brings stiff, foolish authority into view. Margueritte places private life within the reach of courts, families and churches, where personal freedom meets the weight of social rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarriage under unequal laws\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider what fairness demands when husbands and wives do not hold equal legal power.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFreedom within a bond\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore the tension between life together and the right to shape your own life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThree names with meaning\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover how the title joins the first couple with a figure of foolish authority.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInstitutions close to home\u003c\/strong\u003e – See how courts, families and churches press upon the lives of individuals.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRights beyond private life\u003c\/strong\u003e – Ask whether social freedom can take root without changes to the law.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy French fiction of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and anyone curious about marriage and women's rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and explore what men and women owe each other—and who gets to decide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534721450332,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/13497_en_ebook-front_c17.jpg?v=1792175134","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/sv\/products\/adam-eve-and-bridoison","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}