Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honoré de Balzac
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"Scenes from a Courtesan's Life" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published between 1838 and 1847. This dark tale follows ambitious poet Lucien de Rubempré and the cunning escaped convict Vautrin as they scheme to elevate Lucien into Parisian high society. When Lucien falls for courtesan Esther van Gobseck, Vautrin manipulates her beauty to extract money from an obsessed banker. But their intricate plans spiral toward tragedy as love, suicide, and
police scrutiny entangle everyone in a web of secrets and compromising letters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Waring, James |
| Title | Scenes from a Courtesan's Life |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendeurs_et_mis%C3%A8res_des_courtisanes |
| Credits | Produced by Dagny, Bonnie Sala, John Bickers, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1660 |
| Release Date | Aug 26, 2005 |
| Last Update | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 946 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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