{"product_id":"le-lys-dans-la-vallee-honore-de-balzac-1","title":"Used book – The Lily of the Valley, Honoré de Balzac","description":"\u003cp\u003e1995 edition, updated in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFélix de Vandenesse suffers from Henriette de Mortsauf's reserve. Since his adolescence, he has devoted his complete love to her; yet he kills this woman by idealizing her, by imposing upon her a purity against which she revolts at the moment of her agony. Le Lys dans la vallée is a novel of intertwining desires and letters that fail to create a true exchange. In a long epistolary confession addressed to his fiancée Natalie, Félix recounts this love. Natalie's ironic reply seals the breaking of their engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLe Lys dans la vallée is a novel of all ambiguities. The pure Henriette is also a Machiavellian strategist who teaches Félix the art of power. Written under the July Monarchy by an author who advocated for a reform of the aristocracy while defending it, Le Lys dans la vallée offers a glimpse of criticism of the Restoration within a scene of private life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Livre de Poche","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51072959086933,"sku":"9782253004448","price":2.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/9395\/8741\/files\/9782253004448.jpg?v=1751816367","url":"https:\/\/stanoccasion.com\/en\/products\/le-lys-dans-la-vallee-honore-de-balzac-1","provider":"stan'occasion","version":"1.0","type":"link"}