Mme Emile De Girardin / Theophile Gautier
Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
The cross of Berny; or, Irene’s lovers unfold as an epistolary novel shaped by the combined voices of several French writers, using a series of letters to trace the emotional life of Irene de Chateau dun. At the heart of the narrative is her struggle between a safe, socially sanctioned engagement to Prince de Monbert and a deeper, more uncertain longing for a different kind of love. The book opens with Irene writing to her close friend Madame la Vicomtesse de Braimes, confiding her unease about an engagement that promises rank and comfort but feels inwardly confining. She recalls earlier hardships and now finds herself almost smothered by the very “brilliant fortune” she once might have desired. In that tension she considers retreating to the countryside to untangle her heart and discov.pdfer what she truly wants. As the correspondence unfolds, other suitors such as Roger de Monbert and Edgar de Meilhan appear, each bringing their own romantic uncertainties and emotional conflicts. Through this web of letters the novel weaves a delicate portrait of love, self‑doubt, and social constraint, emphasizing how sentiment, duty, and idealized romance can collide within a single life.
