{"product_id":"gerfuat-by-charles-de-bernard-paperback","title":"Gerfuat, by Charles de Bernard (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSet amid the elegance and hypocrisy of 19th-century French society, Gerfaut follows the romantic and moral entanglements of a refined but enigmatic hero. As he becomes involved with a married woman and navigates the consequences of his affections, he is drawn into duels-both literal and emotional-that test his honor and resilience. With a keen eye for character and social nuance, this novel examines the cost of love in a world ruled by appearances and rigid codes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePierre-Marie-Charles de Bernard du Grail de la Villette (1804-1850) was a French writer. William Makepeace Thackeray called de Bernard's characters \"men and women of genteel society--rascals enough, but living in no state of convulsive crimes; and we follow him in his lively, malicious account of their manners, without risk of lighting upon any such horrors as Balzac or Dumas has provided for us.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43184485859537,"sku":"9781434431622","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/5981\/5377\/files\/9781434431622_FC.jpg?v=1784071573","url":"https:\/\/startlingstories.us\/products\/gerfuat-by-charles-de-bernard-paperback","provider":"Startling Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}