{"product_id":"the-she-devils-liam-ferousse-9798289311801","title":"The She-Devils: A New Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix scandalous tales that shocked 19th-century France-and will disturb you today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly published \u003ci\u003eThe She-Devils\u003c\/i\u003e in 1874, the French government immediately prosecuted him for corrupting public morals. The book was too dangerous, too revealing, too honest about the darkness lurking beneath respectable society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat made these stories so threatening?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet the most unforgettable-and terrifying-women in literature. They're not victims. They're predators. Driven by obsession, revenge, and desires that polite society refuses to acknowledge, these \"she-devils\" will stop at nothing to get what they want.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✓ A duchess who abandons everything for the ultimate revenge\u003cbr\u003e✓ Women who use their beauty as a weapon\u003cbr\u003e✓ Aristocrats hiding shocking secrets behind mansion walls\u003cbr\u003e✓ Passion that destroys everyone it touches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Literature had grown timid,\"\u003c\/b\u003e Barbey d'Aurevilly declared. \u003cb\u003e\"It fails to capture the true crimes that happen daily.\"\u003c\/b\u003e So he wrote the stories that others wouldn't dare-tales ripped from the confessionals and drawing rooms of high society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a dandy who moved in the highest circles, these psychological masterpieces expose the sophisticated cruelties that civilization breeds. They're more disturbing than any Gothic horror because they're rooted in recognizable human nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe government tried to silence these stories.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow discover why they terrified an entire nation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect for readers of dark literary fiction, psychological thrillers, and anyone fascinated by the secret lives of the powerful.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome books are banned for a reason. This is one of them.\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 9798289311801\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\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d","brand":"Liam Ferousse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48089378750719,"sku":"9798289311801","price":13.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_89537a4e-1c75-43b9-b4e2-cd8fc9949943.jpg?v=1769109878","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-she-devils-liam-ferousse-9798289311801","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}