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Cousin Pons (Hardcover)
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Cousin Pons (Hardcover)
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Cousin Pons (1847) is a novel by French author Honore de Balzac.
One of the final works in Balzac's La Comedie humaine sequence,
Cousin Pons originally began as a novella before being extended to
the length of a novel. It serves as both a beautiful meditation on
the nature of Platonic male friendship and a vitriolic condemnation
of the vanity and greed of the French bourgeoisie. In typical
fashion, however, Balzac also turns a critical eye to the lower
class, ensuring his uniquely holistic vision of French society
spares no one-and leaves no stone unturned. When he isn't
performing with a Parisian boulevard orchestra, Sylvain Pons can be
found in deep conversation with his good friend Wilhelm Schmucke,
admiring his collection of paintings, or enjoying a gourmet meal
with his cousins, M. and Mme. Camusot de Marville, whose food he
greatly prefers to that of his landlady's, Mme. Cibot. Pons' life
and company are of little interest to anyone other than his friend
Wilhelm-by family and acquaintances, he is treated at best with
tolerance, and at worst with disdain. After failing to find a
suitable match for their daughter Cecile-which Pons attempts as a
form of repayment for his shared meals with the Camusots-his
cousins dispel him from their home and lives for good. But when
they discover the value of his art collection-as do Mme. Cibot and
several shady characters of the lower classes-a mad scramble ensues
that threatens Sylvain Pons' gentle nature as well as his life.
Cousin Pons, a subtle and underrated novel by Honore de Balzac,
takes an unforgiving look at the consequences of greed as well
exposes the imbalance between the economic and aesthetic values of
art. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Honore de Balzac's Cousin Pons is a
classic of French literature reimagined for modern readers.
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