The Seamy Side of History And Other Stories: The Comedy of Human Life - Couverture souple

Balzac, Honore

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845880528 ISBN 13 : 9781845880521

Editeur : Nonsuch Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

The Comedy of Human Life (La Comédie Humaine) is the collective title given to a series of linked stories by Balzac, totalling about 100 in all, and loosely divided into groups, such as provincial, Parisian, political, military, and country. Conceived in 1834, his idea was to produce a work with philosophical underpinnings which would survey all aspects of French society from the Revolution to his own time. Originally intended to comprise some 150 novels and short stories featuring around 2,000 characters, this gargantuan project was about two-thirds completed by the time of Balzac's death. Volume XXXII includes some of the best stories from the series, concerning Christianity, seduction, swindling, corruption, love, lost treasure, politics, betrayal, and regicide.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Honore de Balzac was born in 1799. His family moved to Paris in 1814 and in 1816 he entered the Sorbonne to study law. However, he decided to pursue his dream of writing rather than embarking upon a legal career. His early novels, written under a pseudonym, were unsuccessful, but, despite the opposition of his family, he decided to continue writing and his persistence paid off in 1829, when, with the publication of La Dernier Chouan, Balzac finally achieved recognition. In the following years he produced a number of works which are considered to be classics of French literature, including La peau de chagrin (1931), Eugenie Grandet (1933) and Les illusions perdues (Vol. I, 1937). In 1850 Balzac married Eveline Hanska, a rich Polish lady with whom he had been corresponding for 15 years, but he died in the same year.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nonsuch Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845880528
• ISBN 13: 9781845880521
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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