{"product_id":"a-platonic-love-paperback","title":"A Platonic Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Alexis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Platonic Love \u003c\/em\u003eis Paul Alexisʼ novel, or novella, about the unrequited love between a mature man of means, Mr. Mure, who is fifteen years the senior of the beautiful Helen, a woman heʼs known since she was a child. It was published originally in 1886 as \u003cem\u003eUn amour platonique \u003c\/em\u003e(but even earlier, in 1880, under the title \u003cem\u003eJournal de Monsieur Mure\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Alexisʼ touch is fine, his style is deft. This book is elegantly written, nostalgic, and masterful. If it werenʼt for the Naturalist moniker that often gets attached to him - by literary historians - one might almost call him Romantic. The last thing that comes to mind when reading him and \u003cem\u003eA Platonic Love\u003c\/em\u003e in particular, because their styles seem, although similar, so very different - is Émile Zola, who was his friend and master and the founder of Naturalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Alexis is not very well known at all in the English-speaking world, nor even in the French one. A Platonic Love is even less so. If one had to compare this novel with something better known today, F. Scott Fitzgeraldʼs \u003cem\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e comes immediately to mind. Both participate in a rich and deep feeling of longing, unrequited love, and a strong sense of nostalgia for things of the past. Another book similar in theme might be \u003cem\u003eThe Sorrows of Young Werther\u003c\/em\u003e, by Goethe. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 146\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47268567122169,"sku":"9781955392778","price":24.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TSPibZf1Sm9781955392778.webp?v=1768880493","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-platonic-love-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}