Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : French fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
A Woman of Thirty
Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : French fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
A Woman of Thirty
Author: Honoré De BalzacPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781981777273
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
In this novel, A Woman of Thirty, Balzac draws a portrait of a miserable marriage: a marriage of unequal sensibilities. Julie is an intelligent, sensitive woman paired with a man of mediocre talents which are masked by his rank and wealth. The story opens in 1813, April, on "a morning which gave promise of one those bright days when Parisians, for the first time in the year, behold dry pavement underfoot and a cloudless sky overhead." This perfect weather is a glorious backdrop for the spectacle about to take place at the Tuileries-a "magnificent review" of Napoleon's forces. In the crowd is Julie, who's excitedly dragging her father along to watch the spectacle. It's clear that she's there to see someone very specific-Colonel Victor D'Aiglemont. Julie cannot hide her emotions, and her father, guessing that his daughter is in love, warns her not to marry D'Aiglemont...
A Woman of Thirty
Author: Honoré de BalzacStudy of a Woman
Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Study of a Woman" by Honoré de Balzac. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The 30-Year-Old Woman
Author: Honore De BalzacPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781093125924
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
How even a desired and socially brilliant marriage can lead a young girl to misfortune. How a young mother resists an adulterous passion, but sinks into grief. How a young woman in all the splendour of her maturity rediscovers the taste for love and then finds herself punished in the tragic fate of her own children. That's the plot of the novel.
Edition Definitive of the Comédie Humaine: A woman of thirty. The deserted mistress
Author: Honoré de BalzacA Daughter of Eve
Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher: Standard Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Marie-Angélique and Marie-Eugénie are two sisters raised in a very strict household, who marry very different men: the former a cutthroat banker, the latter a man who has given his wife everything she needs save money, but who lacks any adventure in his spirit. In short, he’s boring. This leads Marie-Eugénie to make some bad decisions, and it will take quick thinking and bold action if she is to be saved from certain disaster. Although one of Balzac’s shorter novels, A Daughter of Eve is full of the richly-drawn characters that are his hallmark, and demonstrates less of the cynicism that is common in his Human Comedy. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
The édition définitive of the Comédie humaine: A woman of thirty. The deserted mistress
Author: Honoré de BalzacTwo Poets
Author: Honore de BalzacPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734083559
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Two Poets by Honore de Balzac
The Wrong Side of Paris
Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0812966759
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The Wrong Side of Paris, the final novel in Balzac’s The Human Comedy, is the compelling story of Godefroid, an abject failure at thirty, who seeks refuge from materialism by moving into a monastery-like lodging house in the shadows of Notre-Dame. Presided over by Madame de La Chanterie, a noblewoman with a tragic past, the house is inhabited by a remarkable band of men—all scarred by the tumultuous aftermath of the French Revolution—who have devoted their lives to performing anonymous acts of charity. Intrigued by the Order of the Brotherhood of Consolation and their uplifting dedication to virtuous living, Godefroid strives to follow their example. He agrees to travel—incognito—to a Parisian slum to save a noble family from ruin. There he meets a beautiful, ailing Polish woman who lives in great luxury, unaware that just outside her bedroom door her own father and son are suffering in dire poverty. By proving himself worthy of the Brotherhood, Godefroid finds his own spiritual redemption. This vivid portrait of the underbelly of nineteenth-century Paris, exuberantly rendered by Jordan Stump, is the first major translation in more than a century of Balzac’s forgotten masterpiece L’Envers de l’histoire contemporaine. Featuring an illuminating Introduction by Adam Gopnik, this original Modern Library edition also includes explanatory notes.