{"product_id":"the-enchanted-castle-alphonse-esquiros-9781645250531","title":"The Enchanted Castle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Enchanted Castle\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published in 1846, and here presented in English for the first time in a translation by Brian Stableford, is author Alphonse Esquiros' quintessential tale of magnetism. A hybrid transfiguration, the short novel combines the key motif of the story nowadays known in English as \"The Sleeping Beauty\" with the legend of Pygmalion and Galatea, and carefully includes further analogies to the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an exemplar of the original core of Romantic prose fiction, \u003cem\u003eThe Enchanted Castle\u003c\/em\u003e is as remarkable for its purity as it is for its flamboyance and is not merely typical of the fiction of the Romantic Movement but archetypal, unusual only in its extremism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alphonse Esquiros\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1645250539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645250531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Snuggly Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Alphonse Esquiros","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43943986921727,"sku":"9781645250531","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9779d806-e2bd-472e-b37d-aa44690d601a.jpg?v=1681501136","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-enchanted-castle-alphonse-esquiros-9781645250531","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}