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Contes Choisis - Selected Short Stories

Contes Choisis - Selected Short Stories( )
Author: Balzac, Honoré de
Appelbaum, Stanley
Series title:Dover Dual Language French Ser.
ISBN:978-0-486-40895-8
Publication Date:Jul 1999
Publisher:Dover Publications, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $12.95
Book Description:

Six short-story masterpieces by great French novelist include "An Episode During the Terror," "A Passion in the Desert," "The Revolutionary Conscript," and three more. Excellent new English translations on facing pages.

Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Short Stories (Single Author)
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.46 x 8.424 x 0.507 Inches
Book Weight:0.598 Pounds
Author Biography
de Balzac, Honore (Author)
Born on May 20, 1799, Honore de Balzac is considered one of the greatest French writers of all time. Balzac studied in Paris and worked as a law clerk while pursuing an unsuccessful career as an author. He soon accumulated enormous debts that haunted him most of his life.

A prolific writer, Balzac would often write for 14 to-16 hours at a time. His writing is marked by realistic portrayals of ordinary, but exaggerated characters and intricate detail. In 1834, Balzac began organizing his works into a collection called The Human Comedy, an attempt to group his novels to present a complete social history of France. Characters in this project reappeared throughout various volumes, which ultimately consisted of approximately 90 works. Some of his works include Cesar Birotteau, Le Cousin Pons, Seraphita, and Le Cousine Bette.

Balzac wed his lifelong love, Eveline Hanska in March 1850 although he was gravely ill at the time. Balzac died in August of that year.

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