{"product_id":"the-despot-and-the-slave-folio-society-638","title":"The Despot and the Slave","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Despot and the Slave; An Autobiography in Fact and Fiction from the Writings of Benjamin Constant. Translated and edited by Dan Hofstadter. 6 colour drawings by Emma Chichester Clark. Bound in blue cloth with a design in silver by Clark. Lilac flecked endleaves. Cream slipcase. 22.9x14.9cm. 140pp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Despot and the Slave brings together autobiographical and fictional writing by Benjamin Constant, selected and translated by Dan Hofstadter. The collection explores a private world of attraction, dependence, hesitation and the desire to escape emotional obligations. Constant examines the uncomfortable distance between understanding one's motives and acting generously towards another person. Read at the boundary between memoir and psychological fiction, these writings reveal a restless intelligence turning its scrutiny on love and personal freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216439427411,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421128147283,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/the-despot-and-the-slave-folio-society-638","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}