Cross Of Berny

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...