{"product_id":"gerfuat-paperback","title":"Gerfuat - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSet amid the elegance and hypocrisy of 19th-century French society, Gerfaut follows the romantic and moral entanglements of a refined but enigmatic hero. As he becomes involved with a married woman and navigates the consequences of his affections, he is drawn into duels-both literal and emotional-that test his honor and resilience. With a keen eye for character and social nuance, this novel examines the cost of love in a world ruled by appearances and rigid codes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePierre-Marie-Charles de Bernard du Grail de la Villette (1804-1850) was a French writer. William Makepeace Thackeray called de Bernard's characters \"men and women of genteel society--rascals enough, but living in no state of convulsive crimes; and we follow him in his lively, malicious account of their manners, without risk of lighting upon any such horrors as Balzac or Dumas has provided for us.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67915590205663,"sku":"9781434431622","price":28.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/u5Td3wCqC79781434431622.webp?v=1791021269","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/gerfuat-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}