Honore de Balzac

Lost Illusions (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Illusions perdues - in English, Lost Illusions - is a serial novel written by the French writer Honoré de Balzac between 1837 and 1843. It consists of three parts, starting in provincial France, thereafter moving to Paris, and finally returning to the provinces. Thus it resembles another of Balzac's greatest novels, La Rabouilleuse (The Black Sheep, 1842), in that it is set partly in Paris and partly in the provinces. It is, however, unique among the novels and short stories of La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy, 1799-1850) by virtue of the even-handedness with which it treats both geographical dimensions of French social life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: anboco
• Seitenzahl: 500
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783736411791
• Artikelnr.: 45587463

Autorenporträt

Honoré de Balzac was a French dramatist and novelist who lived from May 20, 1799, to August 18, 1850. Most people consider the unique sequence La Comédie humaine, which offers a glimpse into post-Napoleonic French life, to be his greatest work. As one of the pioneers of realism in European literature, Balzac is recognized for his astute attention to detail and his raw portrayal of society. His characters are well known for having multiple facets; even his less prominent ones are nuanced, ethically gray, and completely human. Even inanimate objects acquire personality; Paris, which serves as the setting for a large portion of his writing, acquires human characteristics. Numerous well-known authors were affected by his work, including the novelists Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James, as well as the directors Jacques Rivette and François Truffaut. Writers still find inspiration in Balzac's novels, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. According to James, he is "really the father of us all." Honoré de Balzac was born into a family that wanted to be respected for their hard work and dedication. His father, Bernard-François Balssa, was raised in Tarn, a province in southern France, as one of eleven children of an artisan family.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents 
Translator’s Introduction
Raymond N. Mackenzie
Lost Illusions
1. The Two Poets
2. The Parisian Adventures of a Great Man from the Provinces
3. The Ordeals of an Inventor
Introduction: The Sorrowful Confessions of a Child of the Century
Part One. The History of a Legal Case
Part Two. The Fatal Member of the Family
Translator’s Notes