La Comédie humaine - Volume 02 by Honoré de Balzac
"La Comédie humaine - Volume 02" by Honoré de Balzac is part of a multi-volume collection written between 1829-1848. This ambitious series of interlinked novels and stories depicts French society during the Restoration and July Monarchy periods. Balzac portrays the rise of capitalism and money's corrupting influence, creating vivid character types like ambitious provincials, miserly tyrants, and outlaws with multiple identities. His realistic portrayal of previously ignored aspects of life—including courtesans, financiers,
and complex women—revolutionized the novel and became a printing phenomenon despite Catholic Church opposition. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Title | La Comédie humaine - Volume 02 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Com%C3%A9die_humaine |
| Note | Scènes de la vie privée - Tome 2 |
| Contents | Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées -- Une fille d'ève -- La Femme abandonnée -- La Grenadière -- Le Message -- Gobseck -- Autre étude de femme |
| Credits |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy 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 |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 43851 |
| Release Date | Sep 30, 2013 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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