{"product_id":"the-devil-1","title":"The Devil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003eAn edition from the 'Golden Tattoo' series. Printed in 12pt type with wide line spacing for maximum readability. Unabridged. Modern translation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003eThe story follows a young landowner, Eugene Irtenev, who seemingly has everything: a thriving estate, a high social standing, and a loving wife. However, a past affair with a peasant woman named Stepanida turns into an uncontrollable obsession that begins to consume his mind. This work is a profound exploration of the struggle between moral duty and animal instinct, showing how a man’s past can become his undoing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003eThe novella reflected Tolstoy’s personal experiences related to his infatuation in his youth with a Yasnaya Polyana peasant woman, Aksinya Bazykina, and at the age of 49, with a cook, Domna, against his feelings for whom he struggled. The plot basis of the novella reflects real events from the life of a Tula judicial investigator, N. N. Friederichs, who, three months after marrying a noblewoman, killed a peasant woman, Stepanida Munitsyna, with whom he previously had a relationship, with a revolver shot. Later, two months later, he himself was found crushed by a train.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publishing House No. 10","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":66875962229040,"sku":"9781837460335","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-devil-1","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}