Z. Marcas by Honoré de Balzac

"Z. Marcas" by Honoré de Balzac is a novelette published in 1840. Set in Paris, it tells the story of a brilliant political strategist who propels politicians to power, only to be abandoned and left destitute. Living in a boarding-house, he befriends two students and shares his views on France's political decline. The tale explores Balzac's belief that mediocre leadership has betrayed talented men and endangered France's youth, while examining his conviction that a person's name shapes their destiny. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850
Translator Bell, Clara, 1834-1927
Title Z. Marcas
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z._Marcas
Credits Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject French fiction -- Translations into English
Category Text
eBook-No. 1841
Release Date
Last Update Aug 5, 2019
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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