Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The Unknown Masterpiece
Author: Honoré de BalzacThe Unknown Masterpiece
Author: Honoré de BalzacThe Unknown Masterpiece
Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
The Quest of the Absolute and Other Stories
Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
The magic skin, The quest of the absolute, and other stories
Author: Honoré de BalzacThe country doctor, The quest of the absolute, and other stories
Author: Honoré de BalzacDrama, Vautrin, The resources of Quinola, and other stories
Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : French drama
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
An Episode Under the Terror
Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 8726668181
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
A short story ushering the reader into the violent and horrifying events that took place during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. The tale follows an old ex-Carmelite nun who is hiding from Robespierre with abject fear of what tomorrow may bring. Oozing with mystery and suspense, Balzac's allegorical prose is at its very finest here. The French author who, along with Flaubert, is widely regarded to be one of the founding fathers of realism in European fiction. Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist and playwright, most famous for his collection of novels and plays, collectively called 'The Human Comedy'. His detailed observation of humanity and realistic depiction of society makes him one of the earliest representatives of realism in Europe. He was a master-creator of complex characters that often found themselves in ambiguous moral dilemmas.
Catherine Lescault
Author: Walter IdlewildPublisher:
ISBN: 9780998622606
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
"In the delirious and vitalizing novel Catherine Lescault, alternative incarnations of Honoré de Balzac's classic characters from The Unknown Masterpiece enact romances of lunacy and obsession to dramatize their search for the reality of artistic creation. The novelists Frenhofer and Porbus, the painter and muse Gillette, the troubadour Nicolas, and the sculptor Houdon all strive to discover the secret of imbuing art with life, despite the voices of academic critics and students, peers and rivals, relatives and loved ones, and their own withering internal frailties. Some disciples may achieve the dream of allowing the ideal courtesan subject, Catherine Lescault herself, to breathe and live and love, while other artists' fixations lead into monomaniacal madness with unspeakably tragic consequences. Which interpretation will ultimately triumph: sculpture, paint, music, dance, acts on the stage, or words on the page?"--Back cover.
The Girl with the Golden Eyes and Other Stories
Author: Honoré de BalzacPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191633380
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
'What holds sway over this country without morals, beliefs, or feelings? Gold and pleasure.' Sexual attraction, artistic insight, and the often ironic relationship between them is the dominant theme in the three short works collected in this volume. In Sarrasine an impetuous young sculptor falls in love with a diva of the Roman stage, but rapture turns to rage when he discovers the reality behind the seductiveness of the singer's voice. The ageing artist in The Unknown Masterpiece, obsessed with his creation of the perfect image of an ideal woman, tries to hide it from the jealous young student who is desperate for a glimpse of it. And in The Girl with the Golden Eyes, the hero is a dandy whose attractiveness for the mysterious Paquita has an unexpected origin. These enigmatic and disturbing forays into the margins of madness, sexuality, and creativity show Balzac spinning fantastic tales as profound as any of his longer fictions. His mastery of the seductions of storytelling places these novellas among the nineteenth-century's richest explorations of art and desire. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.