Books by Honore de Balzac

Dr. Benassis is a doctor and a village major. Thanks to him, the once poor village has started to blossom. The village is getting richer and richer, and also the villagers seem very happy about the situation.When commander Genestas arrives at the village, Dr. Benassis tells him about the changes he has made in the town. The two of them build a special friendship – without knowing that both of them also carry secrets.Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was a French writer. He was born in Tours, but moved to Paris when he was a teenager. The best known works of his include ‘Father Goriot’ and ‘Cousin Bette’. Balzac’s writing style is realistic, and he also wrote plays. Besides writing he worked as a journalist and critic.

Colonel Victor d’Aiglemont is a tall, slender and very handsome man in his early thirties. When young Julie lays her eyes on Victor, she is fascinated by the charming man. Julie’s father, however, is not so thrilled about Victor – he thinks Julie has fallen in love with her own daydream. Julie ignores her father’s comments, and Victor and Julie end up marrying – but the marriage is not anything like Julie expected it to be.Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was a French writer. He was born in Tours, but moved to Paris when he was a teenager. The best known works of his include ‘Father Goriot’ and ‘Cousin Bette’. Balzac’s writing style is realistic, and he also wrote plays. Besides writing he worked as a journalist and critic.

When Colonel Chabert marries a prostitute named Rose Chapotel, he doesn’t know yet how the marriage will affect the rest of his life. Chabert leaves for a war in Russia, where he is seriously wounded. Everyone thinks he is dead. Chabert, however, has enough strength to survive – and after being away for years, he is about to return to Paris.But nothing is the same in Paris. Chabert’s property is gone, but he is not the kind of man who would easily give up – he is ready to fight for his rights.Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was a French writer. He was born in Tours, but moved to Paris when he was a teenager. The best known works of his include ‘Father Goriot’ and ‘Cousin Bette’. Balzac’s writing style is realistic, and he also wrote plays. Besides writing he worked as a journalist and critic.

Dinner party in Paris. A guest called Hermann starts to tell a story; a story about two French doctors who traveled to Andernach in Germany in 1799. The men decided to stay in a guesthouse called Red Inn – without realizing that the name of the place might have been an omen about the terrifying things that were ought to happen there that very night...‘The Red Inn’ is Honoré de Balzac’s an exciting short story first published in 1831.Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was a French writer. He was born in Tours, but moved to Paris when he was a teenager. The best known works of his include ‘Father Goriot’ and ‘Cousin Bette’. Balzac’s writing style is realistic, and he also wrote plays. Besides writing he worked as a journalist and critic.

Lucien Chardon is a young man who wants nothing more than to become a notable poet. He lives in a small village, and it is not the place for an aspiring writer. When a married lady Madame de Bargeton offers Lucien help, he is more than ready to move to Paris.Paris, however, is not an easy place either. There might be more possibilities, but at the same time the big city and it’s societies can be more cruel than Lucien could have ever imagined.‘Lost Illusions’ is an intriguing novel written by Honoré de Balzac.Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was a French writer. He was born in Tours, but moved to Paris when he was a teenager. The best known works of his include ‘Father Goriot’ and ‘Cousin Bette’. Balzac’s writing style is realistic, and he also wrote plays. Besides writing he worked as a journalist and critic.

When an aspiring artist Nicolas Poussin gets a chance to meet the legendary painter Frenhofer, he is more than thrilled. Frenhofer has the ability to paint in an incredible way, and besides that, he has deep and philosophical thoughts about aesthetics and art. Poussin is so ensnared by Frenhofer that he offers his lover Gillette to work as a model for Frenhofer – without asking Gillette first.‘The Unknown Masterpiece’ is Honoré de Balzac’s short story first published in 1831.Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was a French writer. He was born in Tours, but moved to Paris when he was a teenager. The best known works of his include ‘Father Goriot’ and ‘Cousin Bette’. Balzac’s writing style is realistic, and he also wrote plays. Besides writing he worked as a journalist and critic.

París, 1819. Eugène de Rastignac estudia derecho, tiene grandes ambiciones de formar parte de la alta sociedad parisina y fuertes valores morales. Jan Joachim Goriot es un productor de pasta retirado que sacrificó toda su fortuna para ayudar a sus hijas y se redujo a la soledad y la miseria. Vautrin es un misterioso propagandista. El destino de estos tres hombres se entrelazan en la pensión Maison Vaquer Paris. Los sueños y las relaciones privadas de todos los héroes se pondrán a prueba. Balzac analiza con profunidad la esencia de la familia y el matrimonio, y los resultados de sus indagación no son optimistas.Papá Goriot es considerada la obra más importante de Balzac. Es parte de la serie Comedia humana, en la que el escritor presentó los tiempos desde la Revolución Francesa hasta el gobierno de Luis Felipe.Honoré de Balzac (20 de mayo de 1799) fue un escritor y dramaturgo francés. Escribió sobre el panorama francés post-napoleónico y sobre la vida francesa.

El elixir de la larga vida es una nueva versión, algo grotesca, de la historia de Don Juan y sus infiernos.Juan Belvídero es el único hijo de un rico hacinado italiano. Es un joven holgazán, amoral, frívolo caprichoso que espera impaciente en su palacio de Ferrara, en Andalucía, heredar a su anciano progenitor. La noche en que su padre está al borde de la muerte, le hace una sorprendente confesión: ha encontrado la fórmula oriental del elixir de la larga vida, y la guarda en un pequeño frasco. Don Juan promete rociar a su padre con el dichoso líquido una vez que éste fallezca, pero un inesperado incidente hará que la maniobra falle...Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) fue un escritor y dramaturgo francés. Escribió sobre el panorama francés post-napoleónico y sobre la vida francesa.

A new annotated translation of the keystone of Balzac’s Comédie Humaine—a sweeping narrative of corrupted idealism in a cynical urban milieu Lost Illusions is an essential text within Balzac’s Comédie Humaine, his sprawling, interconnected fictional portrait of French society in the 1820s and 1830s comprising nearly one hundred novels and short stories. This novel, published in three parts between 1837 and 1843, tells the story of Lucien de Rubempré, a talented young poet who leaves behind a scandalous provincial life for the shallow, corrupt, and cynical vortex of modernity that was nineteenth-century Paris—where his artistic idealism slowly dissipates until he eventually decides to return home. Balzac poured many of his thematic preoccupations and narrative elaborations into Lost Illusions, from the contrast between life in the provinces and the all-consuming world of Paris to the idealism of poets, the commodification of art, the crushing burden of poverty and debt, and the triumphant cynicism of hack journalists and social climbers. The novel teems with characters, incidents, and settings, though perhaps none so vivid as its panoramic and despairing view of Paris as the nexus of modernity’s cultural, social, and moral infection. For Balzac, no institution better illustrates the new reality than Parisian journalism: “amoral, hypocritical, brazen, dishonest, and murderous,” he writes. In this new translation, Raymond N. MacKenzie brilliantly captures the tone of Balzac’s incomparable prose—a style that is alternatingly impassioned, overheated, angry, moving, tender, wistful, digressive, chatty, intrusive, and hectoring. His informative annotations guide the modern reader through the labyrinth of Balzac’s allusions.

L’Albergo rosso è un racconto che fa parte degli Studi filosofici, quelle trame a orologeria, costruite per porre un personaggio dinanzi a una decisione morale. Il fuoco dell’attenzione è su un omicida impunito e insospettato, fino a quando qualcuno scopre la verità. Penetrare in quel terribile segreto, si rivelerà penoso e dannoso: meglio sarebbe stato non aver scoperto nulla... La ricerca ossessiva del "rovescio" di ogni evento, cosa o persona (la parte segreta celata dietro la facciata), conduce Balzac a quel realismo visionario che Gianni Macchia definiva la "vertigine delle cose viste troppo da vicino". E il mistery a tinte forti narrato in questo L’albergo rosso è un superbo esempio della poetica di questo autore. Un efferato delitto, un colpevole che non è tale, e una soluzione dell’enigma a distanza di tempo affidata a una felice intuizione, sono gli ingredienti speziati di questo amaro e imperdibile capolavoro dall’epilogo imprevedibile.Honoré de Balzac è stato uno scrittore, drammaturgo e giornalista francese, considerato fra i maggiori della sua epoca, ed anche il principale maestro del romanzo realista francese del XIX secolo. Scrittore prolifico, ha elaborato un'opera monumentale: La Commedia umana, ciclo di numerosi romanzi e racconti che hanno l'obiettivo di descrivere in modo quasi esaustivo la società francese contemporanea all'autore o, come disse più volte l'autore stesso, di «fare concorrenza allo stato civile». La veridicità di quest'opera colossale ha portato Friedrich Engels a dichiarare di aver imparato più dal "reazionario" Balzac che da tutti gli economisti. Di grande influenza (da Flaubert a Zola, fino a Proust e a Giono, tanto per restare in Francia), la sua opera è stata anche utilizzata per moltissimi film e telefilm. A Balzac è stato intitolato il cratere Balzac, sulla superficie di Mercurio.

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