{"product_id":"the-perverted-peasant-restif-de-la-bretonne-9781955392716","title":"The Perverted Peasant: or the Dangers of the City (Parts 1 and 2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Perverted Peasant\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eThe Dangers of the City\u003c\/em\u003e, Parts 1 and 2 (of 8) by Restif de la Bretonne is the story of a young man from the countryside, from a family of tenant farmers, who moves to the city to learn his trade (painting). He is handsome, virtuous, charming, intelligent, and by all accounts someone who will make his way in the world and a name for himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is not so much perverted (although he is, for this is Restif de la Bretonne after all), as corrupted by the ways of the city. The title may have a humorous ring to it, but this is not a comedy, so much as a tragedy. It is a moral tale, told in good epistolary fashion, and in the libertine tradition of Richardsonʼs \u003cem\u003ePamela\u003c\/em\u003e, or possibly \u003cem\u003eClarissa\u003c\/em\u003e, except that the hero is male and the mores are decidedly French.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis novel was so well received after it came out in France (as \u003cem\u003eLe Paysan perverti\u003c\/em\u003e) in 1775, that it was followed up a few years later by the \u003cem\u003eThe Perverted Peasant Girl.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Restif de la Bretonne, Richard Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1955392714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781955392716\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 07\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.59d","brand":"Restif de la Bretonne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46795513823487,"sku":"9781955392716","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1521b173-a88b-4273-bf20-fe90c3b1a883.jpg?v=1744947838","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-perverted-peasant-restif-de-la-bretonne-9781955392716","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}