{"product_id":"ingnue-saxancour-or-the-wife-mary-s-trouille-9781781881828","title":"Ing駭ue Saxancour; or, The Wife Separated from Her Husband","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in Paris in the 1780s, R tif de la Bretonne's novel \u003cem\u003eIng nue Saxancour\u003c\/em\u003e is a thinly veiled account of his daughter's disastrous marriage to an abusive husband. From the time of her marriage in January 1780, until she left her husband in July 1785, Agn s R tif suffered continually from severe physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Published in 1789, R tif's novel scandalized the public with its graphic descriptions of his son-in-law's sexual perversity and brutal violence. \u003cbr\u003e R tif's novel remains shocking even two centuries later and continues to raise disturbing questions about power relations within abusive relationships. Perhaps most disturbing of all are the accusations leveled against R tif himself concerning his motives for writing and publishing this account: Was he, as some charged, a shameless exhibitionist willing to reveal his family's darkest secrets merely to attract attention and broaden his readership? Was he an unscrupulous opportunist willing to capitalize on his daughter's misfortunes and risk her reputation simply to pay his debts? Or was he, as he himself claimed, trying to warn young women about the dangers of marrying men of dubious backgrounds against their parents' wishes?\u003cbr\u003e R tif was all this and more: a reform-minded pioneer far in advance of his time with his graphic portrayal of spousal abuse, his call for greater public awareness of this perennial problem, and his crusade for liberal divorce laws that would allow women to escape from abusive relationships and to remarry.\u003cbr\u003e This is the first English translation of \u003cem\u003eIng nue Saxancour\u003c\/em\u003e ever published and offers a wealth of background material on the novel and the real-life events that inspired it. It serves as a companion piece to the annotated French edition edited by Professor Trouille and published by the MHRA in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary S. Trouille, Nicolas-Edme R騁if de la Bretonne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1781881820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781881828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Humanities Research Association\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.48d","brand":"Mary S. Trouille","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937990246655,"sku":"9781781881828","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f992ed92-1548-4018-994d-d106a1ed5adf.jpg?v=1681433098","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ingnue-saxancour-or-the-wife-mary-s-trouille-9781781881828","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}