Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) produced a huge collection of novels, novellas and short stories, earning him recognition as a great master of the novel, as well as one of the creators of literary realism. He collected and arranged his works under the name "La Comédie humaine", which he then divided into eight major topics. "Eugénie Grandet" was placed in the section titled, "Scenes from Provincial Life". The story takes place in the French town of...

One of the most famous of Honore de Balzac's novels, "Lost Illusions" paints a faithful picture of the spectacular but superficial world of mid-19th century French society, and the indissoluble relationship between the bourgeois and aristocratic classes. Originally published serially from 1837 to 1843, the story features the main characters Lucien Chardon, a vain and naïve poet and journalist, and his friend and brother-in-law David Sechard, an innovative,...

Donat per mort, el febrer de 1807, sobre el camp de batalla d'Eylau, a Prússia, el coronel Chabert, company d'armes de Napoleó, no pot tornar a París, després d'un llarg peregrinatge, fins al 1818, ja durant la Restauració monàrquica. Allà descobreix que la seva casa ha estat enderrocada, la seva fortuna repartida, i que la seva dona s'ha tornat a casar amb el comte Ferraud, home ben vist pel nou poder. Chabert apel·larà a la llei per mirar...

When young Gaston moves to Bayeux, a small province in Normandy, he feels stranded. Though he would rather spend his time in the capital city, Gaston must stay in Bayeux until he recovers from his illness. He feels unsatisfied and bored, until he hears the rumor about a woman living as a recluse on the countryside. Victomtesse de Beauseant is a beautiful woman who had been abandoned by her husband many years ago. Devastated, and now stuck in a loveless...

A Passion in the Desert (1830) is a short story by French author, Honoré de Balzac. Written as part of his La Comédie humaine sequence, A Passion in the Desert is a frequently anthologized work of short fiction that explores humanity's relationship with nature as well as the effects of conquest and colonization. The story was loosely adapted into a 1997 feature film and remains one of Balzac's most acclaimed works. The story's frame narrative begins...

Sarrasine (1831) is a novella by French author Honoré de Balzac. Written as part of his La Comédie humaine sequence, Sarrasine is one of Balzac's earliest works published without a pseudonym and helped to establish his reputation as a serious writer and distinguished member of Parisian high society. Noted for its controversial exploration of homosexuality and castration, Balzac's novella would become the subject of Roland Barthe's groundbreaking...

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Une édition de référence du Père Goriot de Honoré de Balzac, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques. « [...] Vous êtes tout pour moi. Si je sens le bonheur d'être riche, c'est pour mieux vous plaire. Je suis, à ma honte, plus amante que je ne suis fille. Pourquoi ? je ne sais. Toute ma vie est en vous. Mon père m'a donné un cœur, mais vous l'avez fait battre. Le monde entier peut me blâmer, que m'importe !...

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Honoré de Balzac is considered the founder of social realism. Balzac was the first writer to write about all social levels of the social scene in France. His vast collection of works encompasses the Restoration period and the July Monarchy. "Christ in Flanders", written in 1831, is part of the Philosophical studies (études philosophiques) section of La Comédie Humaine.