Honoré de Balzac
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Spoiling a child is not just about letting them have a few extra sweets. In some cases, years of doting really do spoil them.Victurien d'Esgrignon was raised by his doting aunt and adoring father - a family high up in the aristocracy of Restoration France. As a young man, he is both intelligent and shallow: a liar and a cheat who ruins his family, their lawyer, and others drawn into his circle.Then he meets his match - a young man with the same cold...
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SAGA Egmont
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2022
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If you have seen Ricky Gervais in 'The Office', you will know how much comedy and pathos occurs in apparently mundane locations. In 'The Lesser Bourgeoisie', Honore de Balzac turns his sharp eye on the intrigues of the white-collar world.Spinster Marie-Jeanne-Brigitte Thuillier has made money from selling her bank business. She dedicates her life to supporting her brother, an attractive but mediocre man with an illegitimate daughter, Celeste.Celeste's...
3) Adieu
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Honoré de Balzac (* 20. Mai 1799 in Tours; † 18. August 1850 in Paris) war ein französischer Schriftsteller. In der Literaturgeschichte wird er, obwohl er eigentlich zur Generation der Romantiker zählt, mit dem 17 Jahre älteren Stendhal und dem 22 Jahre jüngeren Flaubert als Dreigestirn der großen Realisten gesehen. Sein Hauptwerk ist der rund 88 Titel umfassende, aber unvollendete Romanzyklus La Comédie humaine (dt.: Die menschliche Komödie),...
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Illusions perdues est un roman d'Honoré de Balzac publié en trois parties entre 1837 et 1843 : Les deux poètes, Un grand homme de province à Paris et Les souffrances de l'inventeur. Dédié à Victor Hugo, ce texte fait partie du vaste ensemble des Études de mœurs de La Comédie humaine et, plus précisément, des Scènes de la vie de province. Attaché à ce qu'il qualifiait comme « une histoire pleine de vérité », Balzac considérait le...
7) Ursula
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Ursula by Honoré de Balzac. Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.
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Honoré de Balzac (* 20. Mai 1799 in Tours; † 18. August 1850 in Paris) war ein französischer Schriftsteller. In der Literaturgeschichte wird er, obwohl er eigentlich zur Generation der Romantiker zählt, mit dem 17 Jahre älteren Stendhal und dem 22 Jahre jüngeren Flaubert als Dreigestirn der großen Realisten gesehen. Sein Hauptwerk ist der rund 88 Titel umfassende, aber unvollendete Romanzyklus La Comédie humaine (dt.: Die menschliche Komödie),...
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Musaicum Books presents to you a meticulously edited Human Comedy collection.
Contents:
The Ball at Sceaux
The Purse
Vendetta
A Second Home
Domestic Peace
Paz
Study of a Woman
Another Study of Woman
The Grand Breteche
Albert Savarus
Letters of Two Brides
A Daughter of Eve
A Woman of Thirty
The Deserted Woman
La Grenadiere
The Message
Gobseck
The Marriage Contract
A Start in Life
Modeste Mignon
Beatrix
Honorine
Colonel Chabert
The Atheist's Mass
Pierre...
10) Eugénie Grandet
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«Eugénie Grandet» é uma das obras mais famosas de Balzac e conta a história de um amor frustrado entre uma jovem provinciana de 23 anos e seu primo parisiense.
Embora a narrativa seja simples, retrata fielmente a escalada individualista de um plebeu que nada mais consegue ver e valorizar além do brilho do ouro. Assim é o pai de Eugénie, o senhor Grandet, um homem ambicioso e sem escrúpulos que coloca a ascensão social e financeira acima...
11) Two Poets
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Two Poets by Honoré de Balzac. Translated by Ellen Marriage
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"Another Study of Woman" is a narrative hovering between a short story and a novella in terms of length, extracted from Honore de Balzac's multi-volume masterpiece The Human Comedy. At a private dinner party, guests warmed by the flush of fine food and drink begin to banter about the qualities and attributes that characterize the ideal woman. Gradually, the guests begin to reminisce about their own experiences and encounters with perfect and not-so-perfect...
13) Lost Illusions
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Considerada a maior obra de Honoré de Balzac, 'Ilusões Perdidas' conta a história de Luciano de Rubempré, jovem promissor que deixa a vida provinciana na pequena Angoulême em busca da glória literária na aristocrática cidade de Paris.
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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....
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Das Chagrinleder oder Die tödlichen Wünsche (La Peau de chagrin) ist ein Roman von Honoré de Balzac. Balzac beschreibt darin die französische und besonders die Pariser Gesellschaft gegen Ende der Restauration und zu Beginn der Julimonarchie. Der Roman besteht aus den drei Teilen Le talisman (Der Talisman), La femme sans cœur (Die herzlose Frau) und L'agonie (Der Todeskampf). Hauptfigur ist der junge Raphaël de Valentin, von adliger Geburt, jedoch...
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Erzählungen:
Der Ball von Sceaux (1830)
Sarrasine (1830)
Vendetta (1830)
El Verdugo (1831)
Die Börse (1832)
Die Grenadiere (1832)
Oberst Chabert (1832)
Ein Drama am Ufer des Meeres (1835)
Seraphita (1835)
Facino Cane (1836)
Die Messe der Gottlosen (1836)
Die Entmündigung (1836)
Katharina von Medici (1836)
Das Haus Nucingen (1838)
Die Geheimnisse der Fürstin von Cadignan (1839)
Eine Evatochter (1839)
Die falsche Geliebte (1841)
Eine Episode...
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Romane
Das Chagrinleder (1831)
Louis Lambert (1832)
Der Landarzt (1833)
Eugénie Grandet (1834)
Vater Goriot (1834)
Die Lilie im Tal (1835)
Die alte Jungfer (1836)
Verlorene Illusionen (1837-1843)
Cäsar Birotteaus Größe und Niedergang (1838)
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen (1838-1844)
Der Dorfpfarrer (1839)
Die Frau von dreißig Jahren (1842)
Junggesellenwirtschaft
Kehrseite der Geschichte unserer Zeit
Lebensbilder: Band 1&2
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Der...
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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The old, abandoned manor of La Grande Bretèche stands between the trees like a secret. Uncovered one day by Dr. Horace Bianchon whilst visiting the nearby town of Vendôme, the ruins will beckon any wandering visitor in.Full of intrigue, the doctor simply can't resist entering the house. But night after night, he fails. Why can't La Grande Bretèche be accessed? And what do the locals know of this mysterious shelter? Adapted into 3 films, 2 episodes,...