At the Sign of the Cat and Racket by Honoré de Balzac
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"At the Sign of the Cat and Racket" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1830. When a celebrated artist falls for a cloth merchant's daughter, their passionate romance leads to marriage. But their union proves tragically mismatched—she adores him yet cannot understand his artistic soul, while he grows cold and distant. As Augustine struggles to bridge the gulf between their worlds, she must confront whether love alone can sustain
a marriage torn between bourgeois values and artistic temperament. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Bell, Clara, 1834-1927 |
| Title | At the Sign of the Cat and Racket |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Maison_du_chat-qui-pelote |
| Credits | Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult 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. | 1680 |
| Release Date | Jun 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 6662 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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