{"product_id":"paul-and-virginia-9","title":"Paul and Virginia","description":"          Paul et Virginie (or Paul and Virginia) is a novel by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, first published in 1788. The novel's title characters are friends since birth who fall in love. The story is set on the island of Mauritius under French rule, then named Île de France. Written on the eve of the French Revolution, the novel is recognized as Bernardin's finest work.[citation needed] It records the fate of a child of nature corrupted by the artificial sentimentality of the French upper classes in the late eighteenth century. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre lived on the island for a time and based part of the novel on a shipwreck he witnessed there.[1]PublisherThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. In this series we are bringing a treasure throve of old books back into print using our own state-of-the-art techniques. Generally, these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since we are working with old material, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!        ","brand":"HardPess Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":50097560322352,"sku":"9781314243383","price":11.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/paul-and-virginia-9","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}