{"product_id":"2940014622868","title":"Mal Moul\u0026eacute;e, A Novel","description":"• The book has been proof-read and corrected for spelling and grammatical errors\u003cbr\u003e• A table of contents with working links to chapters is included\u003cbr\u003e• Quality formatting \u003cbr\u003eIt is more than two years since the outline of this simple story first suggested itself to me, and since the first chapters were written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany times since then, conscious that I possessed no talent as a novelist, I have resolved to abandon the work. Yet an unaccountable and mysterious impulse (which no doubt my severe critics will declare as unfortunate, as unaccountable) compelled me to complete it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have attempted no fine descriptions, no rare word-painting, no flights of eloquence. These things lie not within my province. As simply and briefly as possible, I have endeavored to relate such events as occur almost daily in our midst.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Percy Durand, I have described, and possibly,[8] somewhat idealized, a type of man to be found in any of the cities of America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Dolores King, the unfortunate and undesired offspring of a loveless marriage fletrie avant sa naissance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Helena Maxon, my ideal of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The perfect woman, nobly planned  To counsel, comfort and command.\"\u003cbr\u003eIn my selection of a title, I could find no suitable English term which would express the meaning I wished to convey in unison with the leading idea in the book. Therefore, I was obliged, not without reluctance, to use a French term.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo avoid many personal inquiries, I would say, in the beginning, that while I have known nearly all the experiences herein related to occur, in actual life, I do not, at the present time, know of any person or persons who answer to the characters I have created.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElla Wheeler Wilcox.","brand":"Unforgotten Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070723735792,"sku":"2940014622868","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014622868_p0.jpg?v=1763612551","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014622868","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}