{"product_id":"princesse-de-cleves-by-john-watson-9781922571656","title":"Princesse de Cleves","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt might be that Madame de Lafayette's novel of passion is one of the greatest in the genre. It is closer to the declamatory theatre of Racine than to anything in the robust tradition of the English novels of Fielding or Smollett or Dickens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt has generated in John Watson a response in iambics, which seem in English the only way this expressive grandeur can be attempted. Watson has in the past been drawn similarly to the ancient texts of \u003ci\u003eDaphnis and Chloe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTristan\u003c\/i\u003e, where passion is also the currency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrincesse de Cleves\u003c\/i\u003e may well be his most sustained success.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47427442540780,"sku":"9781922571656","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781922571656.jpg?v=1774767608","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/princesse-de-cleves-by-john-watson-9781922571656","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}