{"product_id":"ecclesiastical-laurels-paperback","title":"Ecclesiastical Laurels - 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\u003eJacques Rochette de la Morlière\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title of this story, \u003cem\u003eEcclesiastical Laurels (\u003c\/em\u003eoriginally \u003cem\u003eLes Lauriers ecclésiastiques), \u003c\/em\u003eforeshortens in two words the basic plot: a commendatory abbot, the Abbot de T***, wages war on the field of love. After several conquests, of varying degrees of success, with women at various levels of society and of various vocations, he progresses from a complete neophyte in the rules and etiquette of love-making and seduction, through a middle period of maturation and rage, to finally being fulgurated by the woman of his future happiness and \"legitimate passion,\" who, as chance might have it, is a nun. His successes, or conquests, earn him his laurels, imaginary leafy crowns that are more like garter belts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne subtitle of this story, the \"Abbot de T***ʼs Campaigns,\" further emphasizes the libertine tendencies of the main character and plot. But if anything, it is soft-libertinage, where the main character could be described as a \u003cem\u003emélange\u003c\/em\u003e between ambitious young lover Julien Sorel (of Stendhalʼs \u003cem\u003eLe rouge et le noir\u003c\/em\u003e, also a bildungsroman) and master seducer Valmont in Choderlos de Laclosʼ \u003cem\u003eLes liaisons dangereuses\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 106\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48716935364857,"sku":"9781955392488","price":20.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/L6Gjlcgzof9781955392488.webp?v=1785075874","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/ecclesiastical-laurels-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}