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The peasantry
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The Human Comedy
Honoré de Balzac's 'The Human Comedy' is a monumental work of fiction that encompasses over 90 novels and short stories, offering a panoramic view of early 19th-century French society. Balzac's literary style is characterized by his detailed character studies, vivid descriptions of social hierarchies, and his use of realism to expose the complexities of human nature. The novel explores themes of ambition, passion, and the pursuit of wealth, making it a compelling commentary on the changing landscape of post-revolutionary France. Balzac's intricate storytelling weaves together the lives of various characters, providing readers with a rich tapestry of interconnected narratives that offers insight into the human experience.
The Celibates Trilogy
The theme of celibacy was important to Balzac, who gave the name The Celibates to a sub-section of his famous La Comédie humaine. It consists of Pierrette, The Vicar of Tours and The Black Sheep (The Two Brothers). "Pierrette" tells the story of a sweet little orphan girl, Pierrette Lorrain. She gets adopted by her two older cousins, unmarried brother and sister shopkeepers, who become her guardian because they suspect that she has some inheritance coming. Cousins mistreat Pierrette, make her work as a servant and she becomes miserable. Only one who loves and cares for her is her childhood companion Brigaut. "The Vicar of Tours" is the tale of an old other-worldly, gentle, introspective vic...
The Celibates
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The Celibates
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Vicars of Tours
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BALZAC - Ultimate Collection
This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Human Comedy: Scenes From Private Life: At the Sign of the Cat and Racket The Ball at Sceaux The Purse Vendetta Madame Firmiani A Second Home Domestic Peace Paz Study of a Woman Another Study of Woman The Grand Breteche Albert Savarus Letters of Two Brides A Daughter of Eve A Woman of Thirty The Deserted Woman La Grenadiere The Message Gobseck The Marriage Contract A Start in Life Modeste Mignon Beatrix Honorine Colonel Chabert The Atheist's Mass The Commission in Lunacy Pierre Grassou Scenes From Provincial Life Ursule Mirouet Eugenie Grandet Pierrette The Vicar of Tou...
Repairing Infrastructures
An investigation of the causes and consequences of the strange, ambivalent, and increasingly central role of infrastructure repair in modern life. Infrastructures—communication, food, transportation, energy, and information—are all around us, and their enduring function and influence depend on the constant work of repair. In this book, Christopher Henke and Benjamin Sims explore the causes and consequences of the strange, ambivalent, and increasingly central role of infrastructure repair in modern life. Henke and Sims offer examples, from local to global, to investigate not only the role of repair in maintaining infrastructures themselves but also the social and political orders that are...
Scenes from Provincial Life
Translated from the original French by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.
