Honoré de Balzac
1) Cousin Bette
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Cousin Bette (1846) is a novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Part of Balzac's La Comédie humaine sequence, the novel is recognized as being the author's last fully-realized work, and features several characters who appear elsewhere throughout his legendary series. It has inspired several film and television adaptations, as well as earned comparisons to Shakespeare's Othello and Tolstoy's War and Peace.
The novel focuses on the life and exploits...
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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,...
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Eugénie Grandet (1833) is a novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Written as Balzac began to formulate the grand scale of his La Comédie humaine sequence, Eugénie Grandet was eventually tied into the universe of his epic realist masterpiece, a holistic vision of nineteenth-century French society which sought to observe the consequences of the political, religious, and economic shifts of the Revolution and in its aftermath. This novel looks...
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Father Goriot (1835) is a novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. An early work in his La Comédie humaine sequence, Father Goriot has since become one of Balzac's most critically and commercially successful novels. It contains several characters who appear throughout his other books and is considered to be the first novel in which he perfected his hallmark realist style.
The novel, set in Paris, follows Eugène de Rastignac, a young law student...
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La Peau de chagrin d'Honoré de Balzac est une œuvre magistrale qui allie réalisme, fantastique et réflexion philosophique, offrant une immersion profonde dans les tourments de l'âme humaine. Le roman commence par la rencontre de Raphaël de Valentin, un jeune homme désespéré, au bord du suicide après avoir perdu toute sa fortune au jeu. Dans un état de désespoir extrême, il entre par hasard dans une boutique d'antiquités o il découvre...
6) Cousin Betty
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La Cousine Bette (Cousin Bette) is an 1846 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Set in mid-19th-century Paris, it tells the story of an unmarried middle-aged woman who plots the destruction of her extended family. Bette works with Valérie Marneffe, an unhappily married young lady, to seduce and torment a series of men. One of these is Baron Hector Hulot, husband to Bette's cousin Adeline. He sacrifices his family's fortune and good name to please...
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Eugénie Grandet, un roman classique d'Honoré de Balzac, plonge au cœur de la vie provinciale française du XIXe siècle, explorant les thèmes de la richesse, de l'avidité et des dynamiques de pouvoir au sein d'une famille. Située dans la petite ville de Saumur, l'histoire suit la vie du personnage principal, Eugénie, la fille du riche mais avare Félix Grandet. Alors qu'Eugénie grandit sous le contrle oppressif de son père, sa vie prend un...
8) Cousin Pons
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Cousin Pons (1847) is a novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. One of the final works in Balzac's La Comédie humaine sequence, Cousin Pons originally began as a novella before being extended to the length of a novel. It serves as both a beautiful meditation on the nature of Platonic male friendship and a vitriolic condemnation of the vanity and greed of the French bourgeoisie. In typical fashion, however, Balzac also turns a critical eye to the...
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La Fausse Maîtresse est un roman d'Honoré de Balzac paru en 1841 dans le journal Le Siècle, puis publié en volume en cinq chapitres dans l'édition Furne 1842 dans les Scènes de la vie privée des Études de Mœurs de La Comédie humaine.
Thadée Paz, noble polonais désargenté, devenu l'intendant et factotum du comte Adam Laginski, son compagnon de guerre, est une version masculine de Lisbeth Fischer, la cousine Bette, mais, lui, est pétri...
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Honoré De Balzac (1799-1850) is generally credited as the inventor of the modern realistic novel. In more than ninety novels, he set forth French society and life as he saw it. He created a cast of over two thousand individual and identifiable characters, some of whom reappear in different novels. He organized his works into his masterpiece, La Comedie Humaine,which was the final result of his attempt to grasp the whole of society...
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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...
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A Daughter of Eve is a short novel wriiten by Honore de Balzac. This short novel, part of the Scenes of Private Life section of Honore de Balzac's vast masterpiece The Human Comedy, includes the first appearances of key characters who return later in the series. A Daughter of Eve is a tale in which seemingly innocent peccadilloes soon spiral into an inescapable web of intrigue, fraud, and lust. Honore de Balzac (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was...
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1829. La Comédie humaine - Études de moeurs. Premier livre, Scènes de la vie privée - Tome I. Premier volume de l'édition Furne 1842
Drapier, monsieur Guillaume tient boutique à Paris. Il a deux filles à marier, et prévoit d'unir l'aînée, mademoiselle Virginie, à son premier commis. La cadette, mademoiselle Augustine, va s'éprendre d'un jeune artiste. Deux mariages, deux destins opposés.
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14) Le Père Goriot
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"Le Père Goriot" de Honoré de Balzac est un roman réaliste poignant qui explore les thèmes de l'ambition, de l'amour filial et de la déchéance sociale. L'histoire suit le destin tragique de deux jeunes hommes, Rastignac et Bianchon, qui se lient d'amitié dans une pension de famille parisienne o ils ctoient le vieux Père Goriot. Ce dernier, ruiné par l'obsession qu'il a pour ses deux filles, symbolise la figure du père sacrifié pour sa descendance....
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Partagez l'intimité des jeunes mariées avec Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées de Balzac. Ce roman épistolaire captivant dévoile les pensées intérieures de deux amies fraîchement mariées à travers leurs lettres échangées. Découvrez les joies, les doutes et les défis de ces nouvelles épouses alors qu'elles naviguent dans les eaux tumultueuses du mariage et de la société du 19ᵉ siècle.
Dans ce chef-d'œuvre littéraire, Balzac explore...
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Une édition de référence du Colonel Chabert de Honoré de Balzac, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.
« Les mains étaient étendues vers la mère, et les deux voix enfantines se mêlaient. Ce fut un tableau soudain et délicieux !
– Pauvres enfants ! s'écria la comtesse en ne retenant plus ses larmes, il faudra les quitter, à qui le jugement les donnera-t-il ? On ne partage pas un cœur de mère, je les veux,...
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L'Élixir de longue vie (English "The Elixir of Life") is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. The story starts in 16th century Ferrara in Italy. Don Juan Belvidero, the spoiled young son of wealthy nobleman, Bartolommeo Belvidero is having dinner with friends in the family palace, when he is told by a servant that his father is dying.
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After Vautrin helps Lucien overcome a mental breakdown, the two men decide to align forces in pursuit of social status and wealth. Operating under an alias, Vautrin offers to help Lucien redeem himself and move back to Paris, with the condition that Lucien follows his orders exactly. Happy to comply, the pair return to the capital city, living in excess and racking up a debt as they pretend they can afford this luxurious lifestyle. With a goal of...
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Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac is an engaging epistolary novel that provides a profound exploration of two women's lives in early 19th-century France. The book unfolds through intimate letters exchanged between two close friends - Louise de Chaulieu and Renée de Maucombe. Through their correspondence, Balzac deftly explores their transition from the confines of the convent school to the complexities of adulthood, marriage, and society....
20) Droll stories
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From the great French novelist comes this long-unavailable collection of tales in the tradition of Boccaccio's Decameron. Balzac's Contes Drolatiques, or Droll Stories, were originally published in three volumes in the 1830s. Set in medieval Europe, these stories were Balzac's attempt to write in the great tradition of Rabelais and Boccaccio, to render the Middle Ages with a touch of raunchy humor, and to provide a delightful portrait of medieval...
