Author: Honore de Balzac
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734083397
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: A Start in Life by Honore de Balzac
A Start in Life
Author: Honore de Balzac
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734083397
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: A Start in Life by Honore de Balzac
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734083397
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: A Start in Life by Honore de Balzac
Balzac's Lives
Author: Peter Brooks
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681374501
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Enter the mind of French literary giant Honoré de Balzac through a study of nine of his greatest characters and the novels they inhabit. Balzac's Lives illuminates the writer's life, era, and work in a completely original way. Balzac, more than anyone, invented the nineteenth-century novel, and Oscar Wilde went so far as to say that Balzac had invented the nineteenth century. But it was above all through the wonderful, unforgettable, extravagant characters that Balzac dreamed up and made flesh—entrepreneurs, bankers, inventors, industrialists, poets, artists, bohemians of both sexes, journalists, aristocrats, politicians, prostitutes—that he brought to life the dynamic forces of an era that ushered in our own. Peter Brooks’s Balzac’s Lives is a vivid and searching portrait of a great novelist as revealed through the fictional lives he imagined.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681374501
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Enter the mind of French literary giant Honoré de Balzac through a study of nine of his greatest characters and the novels they inhabit. Balzac's Lives illuminates the writer's life, era, and work in a completely original way. Balzac, more than anyone, invented the nineteenth-century novel, and Oscar Wilde went so far as to say that Balzac had invented the nineteenth century. But it was above all through the wonderful, unforgettable, extravagant characters that Balzac dreamed up and made flesh—entrepreneurs, bankers, inventors, industrialists, poets, artists, bohemians of both sexes, journalists, aristocrats, politicians, prostitutes—that he brought to life the dynamic forces of an era that ushered in our own. Peter Brooks’s Balzac’s Lives is a vivid and searching portrait of a great novelist as revealed through the fictional lives he imagined.
La Comédie Humaine
Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Public and Private Life of Animals
Author: P.-J. Stahl
Publisher:
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life ; The Government Clerks
Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
Balzac
Author: Graham Robb
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393313871
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
A portrait of the self-destructive French novelist follows Balzac's early literary disappointments, impractical money-making schemes, love affairs, correspondences, and achievements.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393313871
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
A portrait of the self-destructive French novelist follows Balzac's early literary disappointments, impractical money-making schemes, love affairs, correspondences, and achievements.
Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau
Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1613101139
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1613101139
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
The Red Room
Author: H. G. Wells
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473345464
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 17
Book Description
"The Red Room" is a short story written by H. G. Wells. First published in the 1896 edition of "The Idler" magazine, it is a quintessentially Gothic tale about a man who spends a night in a supposedly haunted room in Lorraine Castle in an attempt to disprove the legends surrounding it. This thrilling tale constitutes a must-read for fans of Gothic literature and Wells' seminal work, and it would make for a fantastic addition to any collection. Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. "The Father of Science Fiction" was also a staunch socialist, and his later works are increasingly political and didactic. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as "The Time Machine" (1895), "The Invisible Man" (1897), and "The War of the Worlds" (1898). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473345464
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 17
Book Description
"The Red Room" is a short story written by H. G. Wells. First published in the 1896 edition of "The Idler" magazine, it is a quintessentially Gothic tale about a man who spends a night in a supposedly haunted room in Lorraine Castle in an attempt to disprove the legends surrounding it. This thrilling tale constitutes a must-read for fans of Gothic literature and Wells' seminal work, and it would make for a fantastic addition to any collection. Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. "The Father of Science Fiction" was also a staunch socialist, and his later works are increasingly political and didactic. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as "The Time Machine" (1895), "The Invisible Man" (1897), and "The War of the Worlds" (1898). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
The Thirteen
Author: Honore de Balzac
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1776538374
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
This series of three novellas is unified by an overarching motif: in all three tales, a mysterious secret society known as The Thirteen is at work behind the scenes. The men in the group have pledged eternal loyalty to each other, and if any member ever finds himself in peril, it is the sworn duty of the others to come to his aid. Honore de Balzac uses this premise as a device to explore a wide range of topics, including clashes between different classes of society, doomed romances, and intrigue driven by greed.
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1776538374
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
This series of three novellas is unified by an overarching motif: in all three tales, a mysterious secret society known as The Thirteen is at work behind the scenes. The men in the group have pledged eternal loyalty to each other, and if any member ever finds himself in peril, it is the sworn duty of the others to come to his aid. Honore de Balzac uses this premise as a device to explore a wide range of topics, including clashes between different classes of society, doomed romances, and intrigue driven by greed.
Eugénie Grandet
Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher: Dutton Books
ISBN: 9780460001694
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Saumur, the setting for Eugenie Grandet (1833), one of the earliest and most famous novels in Balzac's great Comedie humaine. The Grandet household, oppressed by the exacting miserliness of Grandet himself, is jerked violently out of routine by the sudden arrival of Eugenie's cousin Charles, recently orphaned and penniless. Eugenie's emotional awakening, stimulated by her love for her cousin, brings her into direct conflict with her father, whose cunning and financial success are matched against her determination to rebel. Eugenie's moving story is set against the backdrop of provincial oppression, the vicissitudes of the wine trade, and the workings of the financial system in the aftermath of the French Revolution. It is both a poignant portrayal of private life and a vigorous fictional document of its age. Book jacket.
Publisher: Dutton Books
ISBN: 9780460001694
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Saumur, the setting for Eugenie Grandet (1833), one of the earliest and most famous novels in Balzac's great Comedie humaine. The Grandet household, oppressed by the exacting miserliness of Grandet himself, is jerked violently out of routine by the sudden arrival of Eugenie's cousin Charles, recently orphaned and penniless. Eugenie's emotional awakening, stimulated by her love for her cousin, brings her into direct conflict with her father, whose cunning and financial success are matched against her determination to rebel. Eugenie's moving story is set against the backdrop of provincial oppression, the vicissitudes of the wine trade, and the workings of the financial system in the aftermath of the French Revolution. It is both a poignant portrayal of private life and a vigorous fictional document of its age. Book jacket.