{"product_id":"9781513291321","title":"The Clemenceau Case (Mint Editions)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Clemenceau Case (1866) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas fils. Partly inspired by his own life, the novel takes the form of a letter written from prison to a powerful judge. Looking back on his experiences as an illegitimate child, Pierre Clemenceau provides a scathing critique of French society for its treatment of women and children. Born out of wedlock, Pierre Clemenceau is raised by a mother who tells him he has no father. Clemenceau is educated at a local school until the age of ten, at which point he is sent to a prominent boarding school for boys. There, he struggles to make friends and suffers bullying at the hands of a young American. Tortured day and night, Pierre grows distrustful and violent, and soon turns to a life of crime. As he relates the story of his life to a powerful judge, he declares himself innocent due to the circumstance surrounding his birth, and maintains the following: \"My true crime...for which earthly justice will not pursue me, but for which I will never pardon myself nor those who impelled me to, is that I have doubted, and sometimes blushed for my mother.\" Filled with regret, he looks for answers from the society that made him doubt his mother in the first place, a society which allows men to escape the responsibilities of fatherhood with impunity. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Alexandre Dumas fils' The Clemenceau Case is a classic of French literature reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mint Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48223710773483,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":16.46,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781513291321-1.jpg?v=1781686312","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781513291321","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}