9780243490462 - Lettres de Femmes (Classic Reprint) von Prevost, Marcel (3 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This groundbreaking book of short stories is an insightful and complex exploration of love, lust, and marriage at the turn of the 20th century, predominately focused on the female experience of desire and societal expectations. With the keen eye of a close observer and the compassionate understanding of an insider, the author penetrates the most hidden thoughts of female characters across a diverse social rangeâ"from married women to grandmothers to a young woman working in a cabaretâ"and finds the ways in which they have become victims of the very institution that is meant to protect them. Her writing explores the struggles of living a virtuous life while balancing social status and morality, all while offering a deep understanding of the female psyche on a deeply emotional level. This collection is both a literary achievement and a profound meditation on the human heart's capacity for and complexities of desire and societal expectation. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.