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Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac (born Honoré Balzac, 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus






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César Birotteau

Honoré de Balzac - Publisher : Penguin Group

César is a man of peasant origins from the Touraine region. At the start of the novel, in 1819, he owns a successful perfume shop, La Reine des Roses, he has been elected deputy mayor of his arrondissement in Paris, and he has been awarded the Legion of Honour. During the revolution he took part in the Royalist 13 Vendémiaire uprising against the Republic, at one stage confronting Napoleon...
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The Unknown Masterpiece

Honoré de Balzac - Publisher : New York Review Books (NYRB)

Publisher presentation: the Unknown Masterpiece is the story of a painter who, depending on one's perspective, is either an abject failure or a transcendental genius--or both. The story, which has served as an inspiration to artists as various as Cezanne, Henry James, Picasso, and New Wave director Jacques Rivette, is, in critic Dore Ashton's words, a fable of modern art. Published here in a new...
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Père Goriot

Honoré de Balzac - Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company

Publisher presentation: Pere Goriot' is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his financial and personal ruin. Interwoven with this theme is that of the impoverished young aristocrat, Rastignac, come to Paris from the provinces to make his fortune, who befriends Goriot and becomes involved with the daughters. The story is set against the background of a...
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