Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 448

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Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1513273302
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 470

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Lost Illusions (1837-1843) is a novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Written as part of his La Comédie humaine sequence, Lost Illusions looks at scenes of Parisian and provincial life involving friendship, desire, and literary ambition. Inspired by his own experiences as a journalist and publisher, Balzac sought to tell a story adjacent to his own, a story concerning a young man for whom talent is abundant but recognition is woefully scarce. The novel’s protagonist, Lucien Chardon, features in Balzac’s work A Harlot High and Low, as does the villain Vautrin, who appears toward the end of Lost Illusions and throughout Father Goriot, one of author’s most popular and enduring works. The son of a middle-class father and aristocratic mother, Lucien Chardon is a promising young poet. He lives in Angoulême with his now-impoverished mother—who is also a widow—and his sister Ève. In the province, he spends his days with his loyal friend David Séchard, who encourages his literary lifestyle while studying to be a scientist. David’s eventual marriage to Ève only brings the two friends closer together, but when Lucien meets the wealthy and influential Mme. de Bargeton, with whom he flees to Paris, their friendship is lost to Lucien’s unstoppable ambition. In the city, abandoned by Mme. de Bargeton and living under his mother’s maiden name, Lucien de Rubempré sacrifices morality, friendship, and family at the altar of poetry, slowly becoming another person altogether. Lost Illusions is one of Balzac’s most sustained character studies, a novel which critiques humanity and high society as much as it does his own commercial interests as a professional writer. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Honoré de Balzac’s Lost Illusions is a classic of French literature reimagined for modern readers.

Author: Honoré de Balzac
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ISBN: 9781846379819
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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The comedie humaine.. Scenes from provincial life. Distinguished Provincial at Paris is part two of the trilogy Lost illusions .

Author: Honore de Balzac
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1776538331
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181

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The novel Two Poets is part of the Lost Illusions trilogy, which is in turn part of the Scenes From Provincial Life section of Honore de Balzac's massive masterpiece The Human Comedy. Critics have singled out this tale of social climbing, greed, lust, and good intentions gone awry as one of the best parts of Balzac's story cycle.

Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : French fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 426

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Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 464

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Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher:
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Category : French fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473

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Author: Honore De Balzac
Publisher:
ISBN: 1846379970
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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The comedie humaine.. Scenes from provincial life.

Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : French fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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Author: Honore De Balzac
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406506327
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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