Honore de Balzac

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The Girl with the Golden Eyes, Book Three of 'The Thirteen' by Honore de Balzac, Fiction, Literary, Historical

Beschreibung

The third, and briefest, part of a trilogy called The History of the Thirteen, "The Girl with the Golden Eyes" is one piece of the vast tableaux of Balzac's Human Comedy. The "Thirteen" are a secret society. "The Girl with the Golden Eyes" contains some of Balzac's most intense observations of 19th Century Parisian society. It tells the story of a beautiful young woman seduced by a servant of "The Thirteen." The other two parts of The History of the Thirteen may also be of interest: "Ferragus," and "The Duchesse de Langeais." Each contains Balzac's sharp-eyed observations of human frailty and love.

Autor

Honoré de Balzac (1799 - 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. His writing influenced many famous writers, including the novelists Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Jack Kerouac, and Henry James, filmmakers Akira Kurosawa and Eric Rohmer as well as important philosophers such as Friedrich Engels. Many of Balzac's works have been made into films and they continue to inspire other writers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Aegypan
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 170g
• ISBN-13: 9781598189506
• ISBN-10: 1598189506
• Artikelnr.: 22062672