{"product_id":"9781504022903","title":"Crimes of Passion","description":"Originally published in 1800, \u003ci\u003eCrimes of Passion\u003c\/i\u003e contained eleven stories and an essay on the novel. The present book contains three (abridged) tales. In “Florville and Courval” we find not only a reinterpretation and elaboration of the Oedipus myth, but an unforgettable illustration of Donatien Alphonse François de Sade’s artistic creed. He was not simply an eccentric aristocrat with artistic pretensions, but a pathological rebel against the Age of Enlightenment, and a prisoner of the Prince of Darkness. Two other tales are presented here. “Juliette and Raunai” has a historical setting. It is sentimental and melodramatic. In it, virtue does triumph, but not before the lovers have run the gamut of human suffering. “Miss Henriette Stralson” has a contemporary setting and ranks above his historical tales. In it, virtue wins only a pyrrhic victory.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Philosophical Library, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131378352368,"sku":"9781504022903","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504022903_p0.jpg?v=1763710026","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504022903","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}