{"product_id":"9780859897327","title":"La Matrone Chinoise: Ou l'Epreuve Ridicule, Comedie (1765)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Matronne chinoise\u003c\/i\u003e is a new critical edition of a two-act comedy by Pierre-René Lemonnier, first performed in paris in 1765.  Lemonnier adapted a theme which dates back to the Latin writer Petronius and is also present in an old Chinese story that has been more recently taken up by Voltaire: the story of an apparently inconsolable widow who rapidly finds consolation in the arms of another.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe edition is accompanied by a full introduction setting out the play’s historical and thematic context, along with an analysis of its versification and an appendix reproducing earlier versions of the tale from Petronius to Voltaire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Exeter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027230572784,"sku":"9780859897327","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780859897327_p0.jpg?v=1763835150","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780859897327","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}