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Le Père Goriot

Le Père Goriot( )
Author: Balzac, Honoré de
Editor: Longa, Alba
Series title:Comédie Humaine Ser.
ISBN:978-1-4961-6887-0
Publication Date:Mar 2014
Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $7.70
Book Description:

Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), auteur d´une grande série de 91 romans interconnectés et coordonnés, intitulé « Comédie humaine », écrite entre 1827 et 1847. Dans le préface de 1842, Balzac utilise pour la première fois ce titre et manifeste son dessein de livrer une représentation globale de la société française des dernières années du XVIIIème siècle et de la première moitié du XIXème. L´écrivain réclame pour ce travail la méthode scientifique susceptible de lui donner ordre et...
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Book Details
Pages:236
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / French
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.54 Inches
Book Weight:0.92 Pounds
Author Biography
Balzac, Honoré de (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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