La Maison du Chat-qui-pelote by Honoré de Balzac
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"La Maison du Chat-qui-pelote" by Honoré de Balzac is a novella published in 1830. Set in early 1811 Paris, it follows Augustine, daughter of an austere draper, who marries Théodore de Sommervieux, an aristocratic painter captivated by her beauty. As the initial passion fades, their vastly different worlds and values collide. Augustine finds herself lost in a society she cannot understand, while her husband grows distant and cruel. This opening work of
Balzac's "La Comédie humaine" explores the dangers of marriages across social worlds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Title | La Maison du Chat-qui-pelote |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Maison_du_chat-qui-pelote Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Maison_du_Chat-qui-pelote |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 66.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | French fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 24217 |
| Release Date | Jan 7, 2008 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 335 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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