{"product_id":"ecclesiastical-laurels-jacques-rochette-de-la-morlizure-9781955392488","title":"Ecclesiastical Laurels","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacques Rochette de la Morlière\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 195539248X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781955392488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sunny Lou Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Jacques Rochette de la Morlière","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241608687871,"sku":"9781955392488","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01d00758-2064-478c-95f4-bc40725882eb.jpg?v=1772655228","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ecclesiastical-laurels-jacques-rochette-de-la-morlizure-9781955392488","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}