{"product_id":"2026100006683-secondhand-valentine","title":"Valentine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: Dust jacket present, some minor wear and light soiling\/spotting on the front panel. No major tears. Page Condition: Likely good, no visible damage. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark of nineteenth-century French Romantic literature, Valentine is one of George Sand's earliest and most impassioned novels, published in 1832 to immediate acclaim. The novel chronicles the ill-fated love between Valentine de Raimbault, a young aristocratic woman promised to a man she does not love, and Bénédict, a passionate peasant who adores her from afar, setting class conflict and romantic longing against the lush backdrop of the Berry countryside. Sand argues powerfully against the rigid social conventions that crush individual happiness, particularly for women trapped by birth and marriage, and the narrative crackles with the same fierce independence that defined her own extraordinary life. Written with lyrical intensity and a deep sympathy for the dispossessed, the novel stands as an early feminist manifesto wrapped in the tender anguish of a doomed romance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48888018501851,"sku":"2026100006683-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f89326bc-7bf5-43f8-85b4-10c441ae9d9a.png?v=1781753035","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100006683-secondhand-valentine","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}