The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac
The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac

Author: Honoré de Balzac

Publisher:

Published: 2020-12-03

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13:

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The Lily of the Valley is a tale about love which parodies and depicts French society in the period of the Bourbon Restoration. It concerns the affection -- emotionally vibrant but never consummated -- between Félix de Vandenesse and Henriette de Mortsauf.

Balzac's Omelette
Balzac's Omelette

Author: Anka Muhlstein

Publisher: Other Press, LLC

Published: 2012-02-14

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1590514742

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“Tell me where you eat, what you eat, and at what time you eat, and I will tell you who you are. ”This is the motto of Anka Muhlstein’s erudite and witty book about the ways food and the art of the table feature in Honoré de Balzac’s The Human Comedy. Balzac uses them as a connecting thread in his novels, showing how food can evoke character, atmosphere, class, and social climbing more suggestively than money, appearances, and other more conventional trappings. Full of surprises and insights, Balzac’s Omelet invites you to taste anew Balzac’s genius as a writer and his deep understanding of the human condition, its ambitions, its flaws, and its cravings.

A Daughter of Eve
A Daughter of Eve

Author: Honoré de Balzac

Publisher: Standard Ebooks

Published: 2024-08-21T16:59:54Z

Total Pages: 155

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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.

Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z
Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z

Author: Jules François Christophe

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-16

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z" by Jules François Christophe, Anatole Cerfberr. 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.