Books by Honore de Balzac

Lucien har förlorat allt och måste nu hitta ett sätt att bygga upp sitt liv och återbetala gamla skulder. I samma veva träffar han den vackra kurtisanen Esther van Gobseck på en bal och blir upp över öronen förälskad. Känslorna är besvarade, men innan någon av dem hinner göra någonting åt saken kommer prästen Herrera och ställer sig i vägen. Han har stora planer för Lucien – planer som inte involverar Esther. De unga tu måste hållas ifrån varandra för att allt ska gå i lås. Men det ska visa sig bli svårare än vad Herrera hade räknat med.Lucien de Rubempre återvänder här i ett nytt kapitel av Honoré de Balzacs stora realistiska epos Den mänskliga komedin. Boken innehåller de två första av totalt fyra delar i berättelsen om Lucien, Esther och Herrera, som så småningom visar sig vara någon helt annan.Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) var en fransk författare och en av realismens främsta företrädare. Han är kanske mest känd för sitt epos Den mänskliga komedin.

Honoré de Balzac: Seraphita. Ein fantastischer Roman»Séraphîta«. Erstdruck 1834 in der »Revue de Paris«. Hier in der deutschen Übersetzung von Franz Hessel aus dem »Buch der Mystik«, Berlin, Rowohlt, 1924.Neuausgabe.Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth.Berlin 2022.Der Text dieser Ausgabe wurde behutsam an die neue deutsche Rechtschreibung angepasst.Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage.Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 11 pt.Henricus - Edition Deutsche Klassik GmbH

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Clémentine har giftet sig med eksilpolakken grev Laginski, men opdager, at der er en anden mand i huset, som styrer og sørger for alt. Denne mand er Thaddeus Paz, som har viet sit liv til Laginski, efter at Laginski har frelst hans liv under et oprør mod Rusland, hvor begge kæmpede på polsk side.Clémentine føler sig straks tiltrukket af den smukke, heroiske mand og forsøger at drage ham ind i husets daglige liv. Hvad hun ikke ved er dog, at Paz gengælder hendes følelser, men at hans æresbegreber forbyder ham at svigte sin gode ven.slxHonoré de Balzac (1799-1850) var en fransk forfatter, der hovedsageligt skrev noveller og romaner. Honoré de Blazac er berømt for sine realistiske skildringer af den klassekamp, der foregik i det franske samfund i de første fire årtier af det 19. århundrede.

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Parfymhandlaren César Birotteau kommer från enkla förhållanden. Han har arbetat hårt för allt han har: parfymbutiken, rollen som vice borgmästare och den ärofyllda Hederslegionen. Nu har han planer på att utöka sina affärer ihop med assistenten Anselme Popinot, som dessutom är förälskad i Césars dotter. Men vad ingen av dem vet är att de redan från start är dömda att misslyckas. I det fördolda blir César konstant motarbetad, till och med saboterad, av en person han trott sig kunnat lita på. En person, som i sin tur styrs av en man med en enda agenda: att försätta César i personlig konkurs. Kommer den ondskefulla planen att lyckas?César Birotteau är en del i Honoré de Balzacs stora realistiska epos Den mänskliga komedin.Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) var en fransk författare och en av realismens främsta företrädare. Han är kanske mest känd för sitt epos Den mänskliga komedin.

Dans un célèbre restaurant parisien, une oreille discrète surprend par hasard la conversation enflammée de quatre larrons, Bixiou, Blondet, Couture et Finot. Ils commentent l'incroyable ascension sociale d'Eugène de Rastignac sous l'impulsion du Baron de Nucingen, directeur de la fameuse banque parisienne.Mais si Si Nucingen est effectivement l'artisan de la fortune de Rastignac, il n'agit pas par sympathie. Il semblerait que Nucingen soit à l'origine d'une machination visant à faire croire alternativement à sa ruine puis sa réussite, afin de truquer les valeurs boursières et amadouer les acheteurs tel que Rastignac...Maître de la nouvelle et du roman satirique, Balzac s'attarde sur les spéculateurs, manipulateurs et escrocs parisiens, qu'il critique sans pour autant en admirer leur génie. La nouvelle reprend les personnage iconique de la littérature balzacienne, déjà présent dans « Le Père Goriot ».Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) est un écrivain français issu d'une bonne famille. Durant ses études, il travaille chez un notaire, et bien qu'il obtienne son baccalauréat de droit, il décide de se consacrer entièrement à la littérature. Son expérience, notamment par ses études, de la société de son temps déteint fortement dans ses romans dans lesquels il dépeint de façon réaliste la condition humaine du XIXème siècle. Ses romans ont été adaptés plusieurs fois au cinéma français, notamment le film « Le Colonel Chabert » (1994) de Yves Angelo avec Gérard Depardieu et « Le Lys dans la vallée » (1970) de Marcel Cravenne avec Delphine Seyrig.

Par malheur, le capitaine Thaddée Paz est tombé sous les charmes irrésistibles de Clémentine Laginska, la femme de son meilleur ami. Sentant qu'elle s'apprête elle aussi à l'aimer, Paz n'a pas d'autre choix que se sacrifier pour sauver son amitié. Il s'invente ainsi une maîtresse afin de ne pas succomber à la tentation...Bien que la nouvelle soit publiée dans les « Études de Femmes », elle est surtout l'étude d'un homme rongé par la tentation, partagé entre le désir et l'amitié, et emmêlé dans un triangle amoureux.Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) est un écrivain français issu d'une bonne famille. Durant ses études, il travaille chez un notaire, et bien qu'il obtienne son baccalauréat de droit, il décide de se consacrer entièrement à la littérature. Son expérience, notamment par ses études, de la société de son temps déteint fortement dans ses romans dans lesquels il dépeint de façon réaliste la condition humaine du XIXème siècle. Ses romans ont été adaptés plusieurs fois au cinéma français, notamment le film « Le Colonel Chabert » (1994) de Yves Angelo avec Gérard Depardieu et « Le Lys dans la vallée » (1970) de Marcel Cravenne avec Delphine Seyrig.

The novella unfolds around a blind old man, Facino Cane who claims to be a descendant of the 14th century condottiere of the same name. The narrator meets Facino Cane at a wedding, and begins a conversation with him. Facino then recounts his life story involving the most extraordinary tales of murder, exile, buried treasure, incarceration and a daring escape.A thoroughly enticing and enthralling short story, with a narrator that has a magnificent knack for getting inside another person's head. This demonstrates that Balzac could have mastered the melodramatic adventure style of writing for which Alexandre Dumas and Victor Hugo are best known. If slightly longer, 'Facino Cane' would be a ready companion piece to Dumas' epic 'The Count of Monte Cristo'.Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist and playwright, most famous for his collection of novels and plays, collectively called 'The Human Comedy'. His detailed observation of humanity and realistic depiction of society makes him one of the earliest representatives of realism in Europe. He was a master-creator of complex characters that often found themselves in ambiguous moral dilemmas.

Countess Marie de Vandenesse, bored out of her mind in a marriage to a good man, decides to adopt an up-and-coming young playwright, Raoul Nathan, as her lover. Mistakenly believing his fortune is made, Nathan quickly finds himself wading into deep waters...One of Balzac's most delightful and happy-go-lucky tales, this is certainly a recommended rainy day read. Written by the French author who, along with Flaubert, is widely regarded to be one of the founding fathers of realism in European fiction.Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist and playwright, most famous for his collection of novels and plays, collectively called 'The Human Comedy'. His detailed observation of humanity and realistic depiction of society makes him one of the earliest representatives of realism in Europe. He was a master-creator of complex characters that often found themselves in ambiguous moral dilemmas.

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Au détour d'une rue mal famée de Paris, l'officier de cavalerie Auguste de Maulincour aperçoit au loin Clémence Desmarets dont il est secrètement amoureux. Elle jette des coups d'œil par dessus son épaule, et pénètre dans une maison délabrée.Le soir venu, chez madame de Nucingen, Clémence assure ne jamais être sortie de chez elle de la journée. Intrigué et quelque peu inquiet, Auguste décide alors d’espionner la maison...Ce roman ouvre la série de l'« Histoire des Treize » et fait découvrir cette étrange organisation digne de la franc-maçonnerie, sombre et mystérieuse.Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) est un écrivain français issu d'une bonne famille. Durant ses études, il travaille chez un notaire, et bien qu'il obtienne son baccalauréat de droit, il décide de se consacrer entièrement à la littérature. Son expérience, notamment par ses études, de la société de son temps déteint fortement dans ses romans dans lesquels il dépeint de façon réaliste la condition humaine du XIXème siècle. Ses romans ont été adaptés plusieurs fois au cinéma français, notamment le film « Le Colonel Chabert » (1994) de Yves Angelo avec Gérard Depardieu et « Le Lys dans la vallée » (1970) de Marcel Cravenne avec Delphine Seyrig.

La noble Émilie de Fontaine a depuis toujours refusé d'épouser ses prétendants de « bas-rangs ». Mais aujourd'hui, elle est tombée sous les charmes d’un mystérieux jeune homme au bal champêtre de Sceaux. Maximilien Longueville ne cesse d'éviter le sujet de ses origines familiales, pour autant, son allure aussi raffinée qu'aristocratique rassure la jeune femme quant à son amour pour lui.Jusqu'au jour où, au hasard d'une promenade, Émilie découvre Maximilien derrière un comptoir, accoutré comme un simple vendeur d’étoffes, dans une boutique au coin de la rue de la Paix.Balzac érige un chef-d'œuvre du roman de mœurs. Au travers d'une histoire d'amour tumultueuse, il dresse le tableau d'un Paris gouverné par la haute estime de soi, et fait la satire de la bourgeoisie de son époque.Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) est un écrivain français issu d'une bonne famille. Durant ses études, il travaille chez un notaire, et bien qu'il obtienne son baccalauréat de droit, il décide de se consacrer entièrement à la littérature. Son expérience, notamment par ses études, de la société de son temps déteint fortement dans ses romans dans lesquels il dépeint de façon réaliste la condition humaine du XIXème siècle. Ses romans ont été adaptés plusieurs fois au cinéma français, notamment le film « Le Colonel Chabert » (1994) de Yves Angelo avec Gérard Depardieu et « Le Lys dans la vallée » (1970) de Marcel Cravenne avec Delphine Seyrig.

Parismusikern Sylvain Pons har två stora svagheter i livet: han har en passion för att samla på konstverk och han älskar god mat. Hans kollega och rumskamrat, den tyske pianisten Wilhelm Schmucke, har däremot bara en enda svaghet: kärleken till Sylvain Pons. Men Pons tillbringar en stor del av sin tid med att besöka sina kusiner, advokatparet Camusot, i sin jakt på kulinariska förträffligheter. Allt tycks gå väl, fram tills den dag då Pons plötsligt kommer på kant med sina släktingar. När det verkliga värdet på hans stora konstsamling sedan blir känt, vänds tillvaron upp och ner för såväl Pons som Schmucke. Deras situation kan inte längre sluta i något annat än katastrof. Frågan är bara när...Kusin Pons är en del i Honoré de Balzacs stora realistiska epos Den mänskliga komedin.Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) var en fransk författare och en av realismens främsta företrädare. Han är kanske mest känd för sitt epos Den mänskliga komedin.

'The Ball at Sceaux' is one of the oldest books in Balzac's 'The Human Comedy' series. It tells the story of Émilie de Fontaine, a pretentious and spoiled young lady who refuses to love anyone who is not known in French high society. At the ball she falls in love with a handsome and mysterious young man, who is revealed to be the taciturn Maximilien Longueville. Émilie's family later discovers that Maximilien is concealing the fact that he is a shopkeeper at a Paris marketplace, which horrifies Émilie. But all is not what it seems, as Émilie is soon to find out after she abandons Maximilien for a rich man she does not love.Inspired by Aleksandr Pushkin’s 'Eugene Onegin' and the fables of La Fontaine, in particular 'The Girl' and 'The Heron'. This Balzacian novella is a wonderful and enthralling read, where the mysterious and unknown tightly grips the reader well past the final page. It is one of the sheer joys of 'The Human Comedy' that we will meet these characters again in other stories.Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist and playwright, most famous for his collection of novels and plays, collectively called 'The Human Comedy'. His detailed observation of humanity and realistic depiction of society makes him one of the earliest representatives of realism in Europe. He was a master-creator of complex characters that often found themselves in ambiguous moral dilemmas.

Exquisitely deploying the story-within-a-story narrative, 'Honorine' is a tale casting piercing insight into the fabric of the human condition.Comtesse Honorine de Bauvan was married off to the Comte at the age of nineteen. After being unfaithful, she is abandoned by her lover when she falls pregnant. She leads a simple but comfortable life and earns a living by crafting artificial flowers. What she doesn't know is that her comfort is assured by way of her husband paying exorbitant prices to buy her flowers.Described as a psychological novel that delves into the differences between a man's love and a woman's love, it is one of Balzac's more mature works. Guy de Maupassant, Flaubert and Emile Zola were naturalist writers who were directly influenced by Balzac.A must-read for fans of the 2004 movie 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet which explores similar themes of lost love from a psychological perspective.Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist and playwright, most famous for his collection of novels and plays, collectively called 'The Human Comedy'. His detailed observation of humanity and realistic depiction of society makes him one of the earliest representatives of realism in Europe. He was a master-creator of complex characters that often found themselves in ambiguous moral dilemmas.

When the narrator and his wife visit an idyllic and picturesque town near the sea they meet a fisherman and a hermit. The ubiquitous poverty and squalor of the seaside town spills over into the lives of its inhabitants. It is only to be expected that the two spouses are moored by the talkative fisherman in a manner invoking 'The Rime of The Ancient Mariner' by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.Gleaming with descriptive language depicting the daily tribulations of post-Napoleonic France, 'A Drama on the Seashore' is an absolute must-read for fans of other books in 'The Human Comedy' series. But there is no need for prior acquaintance with the series in order to enjoy this evocative and elegant novel.Guy de Maupassant, Flaubert and Emile Zola were naturalist writers who were directly influenced by Balzac.Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist and playwright, most famous for his collection of novels and plays, collectively called "The Human Comedy". His detailed observation of humanity and realistic depiction of society makes him one of the earliest representatives of realism in Europe. He was a master-creator of complex characters that often found themselves in ambiguous moral dilemmas.

Due to Balzac’s death in 1850, 'The Deputy of Arcis' was left incomplete at its most compelling moment. A political satire criticizing the electoral system, taking place in the provinces of southern France and revolving around a fierce electoral dispute. But the arrival of a mysterious man changes everything - is it for better or worse?Balzac’s creative genius, combined with a humourous and ironic narrative makes this read thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable. Guy de Maupassant, Flaubert and Emile Zola were naturalist authors who were directly influenced by Balzac.Strongly recommended for fans of modern-day humorous political sitcoms such as 'Parks and Recreation,' starring Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman as the unforgettable duo Leslie Knope and Ron Swanson.Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist and playwright, most famous for his collection of novels and plays, collectively called 'The Human Comedy'. His detailed observation of humanity and realistic depiction of society makes him one of the earliest representatives of realism in Europe. He was a master-creator of complex characters that often found themselves in ambiguous moral dilemmas.

'An Historical Mystery' tells the story of a mysterious kidnapping, coupled with the romantic intrigue blossoming within the higher circles of power while Napoleon I was at the height of his reign. A narrative similar to that of an Elizabethan revenge tragedy, one conspiracy bleeds into another to reveal the murky depths of the French sociopolitical arena at the time. By using his infamous descriptive powers and impeccable judgement of individual character, Balzac definitely shows that he knew everything about his own time. Guy de Maupassant, Flaubert and Emile Zola were naturalist authors who were directly influenced by Balzac.Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist and playwright, most famous for his collection of novels and plays, collectively called 'The Human Comedy'. His detailed observation of humanity and realistic depiction of society makes him one of the earliest representatives of realism in Europe. He was a master-creator of complex characters that often found themselves in ambiguous moral dilemmas.