Author: Balzac Honore dePublisher:
ISBN: 9780243815203
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Lily of the Valley (Le Lys Dans La Vallee)
Author: Balzac Honore dePublisher:
ISBN: 9780243815203
Category :
Languages : en
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The Lily of the Valley
Author: Honoré de BalzacThe Lily of the Valley (Le Lys Dans la Vallée) and Other Stories
Author: Honoré de BalzacThe Lily of the Valley (Le Lys Dans la Vallee) and Other Stories
Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 393
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The Lily of the Valley (Le Lys Dans La Vallée)
Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333045951
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Excerpt from The Lily of the Valley (Le Lys Dans La Vallee): And Other Stories This, however, and some minor matters, may be left to the reader to find out and appreciate. The most interesting point, and the most debatable, is the character of the heroine with, in a lesser degree, that of the hero. Of M. Felix de Vandenesse it is not necessary to say very much, be cause that capital letter from Madame de Manerville (one of the very best things that Balzac ever wrote, and exhibiting a sharpness and precision of mere writing which he too fre quently lacked) does fair, though not complete, justice on the young man. The lady, who was not a model of excellence herself, perhaps did not perceive - for it does not seem to have been in her nature to conceal it through kindness - that he was not only as she tells him, wanting in tact, but also wanting, and that execrably, in taste. M. De Vandenesse, I think, ranks in Balzac's list of good heroes; at any rate he saves him later from a fate which he rather richly deserves, and introduces him honorably in other places. But he was not a nice young man. His pawing and timid advances on Madame de Mortsauf, and his effusive kissing and telling in reference to Lady Dudley, both smack of the worst sides of Rousseau they deserve not so much moral reprehension as physical kicking. It is no wonder that Madeleine de Mortsauf turned a cold shoulder on him; and it is an addition to his demerits that he seems to have thought her unjust in doing so. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Lily of the Valley (Le Lys Dans la Vallee) and Other Stories, Tr. by James Waring, with a Pref. by George Saintsbury
Author: Honoré de BalzacThe Lily of the Valley
Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 8726668750
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Felix was rejected as a child by his mother and those scars never fully heal. In a book with great emotional depth, Honore de Balzac explores Felix' two major adult relationships with women through the form of a single letter. With the beautiful, but married, Madame Mortsauf, maternal love grows into a passion - but never crosses into physical infidelity. As the years pass by, Felix falls for sensuous Englishwoman Lady Arabelle. Torn between "the wife of the spirit" and "the mistress of the flesh", he becomes the laughing stock of the French Court. How will he untie his emotional knot without causing emotional damage to the two women? The insights and descriptions are exquisite - and there is an unexpected twist at the end. 'The Lily of the Valley' is perfect reading for fans of other books featuring a love triangle, including Margaret Mitchell's 'Gone With the Wind' and Emily Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights'. Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist and playwright, most famous for a sequence of novels, collectively called 'The Human Comedy'. His signature style was a warts-and-all representation of post-Napoleonic French life, rich in detail and featuring complex, unfiltered characters. The style means Balzac is regarded as one of the pioneers of European literary realism. He is named as an influence on writers including Emile Zola, Henry James, Charles Dickens, and Gustave Flaubert. The first novel he published under his own name was 'Les Chouans' in 1829. In 1834 he hit upon the idea of grouping his novels together to record all of society. The result, over a period of years, was 'The Human Comedy', which comprised three categories: 'Analytic Studies'; 'Philosophical Studies'; and 'Studies of Manners'.
The lily of the valley
Author: Honoré de BalzacThe lily of the valley, The country doctor, and other stories
Author: Honoré de BalzacThe Lily of the Valley
Author: Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1613100825
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
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