{"product_id":"bewitched-liam-ferousse-9798289447258","title":"Bewitched: A New Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Gothic Masterpiece of Passion, Mystery, and Supernatural Terror\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the windswept Norman countryside, where ancient superstitions run as deep as Catholic faith, a darkness has taken hold of the village of Blanchelande. \u003c\/b\u003eAt its center stands the Abbé de la Croix-Jugan-a former Chouan warrior turned priest, his face bearing the terrible scars of revolutionary warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the pious Jeanne le Hardouey begins visiting la Clotte, a woman shunned by decent society, the village whispers of witchcraft and forbidden influence. But it is Jeanne's transformation, her growing obsession with the enigmatic abbé, that will destroy her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the aftermath of the failed royalist uprising, \u003ci\u003eL'Ensorcelée\u003c\/i\u003e weaves supernatural dread into the fabric of post-Revolutionary France. Barbey d'Aurevilly draws on Norman oral tradition-tales of shepherds casting spells, of curses spoken in the shadows-to create what he called \"Shakespeare in a ditch of the Cotentin.\" The result is a novel that operates simultaneously as Gothic romance, historical chronicle, and psychological study of guilt and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the church bells of Blanchelande toll nine times, Jeanne's fate and the abbé's converge in violence that the village can only explain through the old superstitions: ensorcellement, bewitchment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst published in 1854, this new translation brings Barbey d'Aurevilly's masterwork of French Gothic literature to English readers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Liam Ferousse,Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798289447258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d","brand":"Liam Ferousse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442957693183,"sku":"9798289447258","price":12.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5c8be071-6c70-4778-84d7-3d59ab4d08d3.jpg?v=1777200886","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bewitched-liam-ferousse-9798289447258","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}