Lost Souls (Paperback)

The first new translation of Balzac's 1847 novel Splendeurs et miseres des courtisanes in half a century, fully annotated and with an extensive introduction In Lost Souls, Honore de Balzac's brilliant evocation of nineteenth-century Paris, we enter a world of glittering wealth and grinding poverty, teeming with strivers, poseurs, and pleasure seekers along with those who struggle merely to survive. Between the heights of Parisian society and the criminal world lurking underneath, fate is about to catch up with Lucien de Rubempre, last seen in Lost Illusions, as his literary aspirations, his love for the courtesan Esther van Gobseck, and his scheme to marry the wealthy Clotilde become entangled in the cunning and ultimately disastrous ambitions of the Abbe Herrera, a villain for the ages. An extraordinary volume in Balzac's vast Human Comedy (in which he endeavored to capture all of society), Lost Souls appears here in its first new English translation in half a century. Keenly attuned to the acerbic charm and subtleties of Balzac's prose, this edition also includes an introduction presenting thorough biographical, literary, and historical context, as well as extensive notes throughout the text-an invaluable resource for today's readers as they navigate Balzac's copious allusions to classical and contemporaneous politics and literature.

General

Imprint:	University of Minnesota Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2021
First published:	2020
Authors:	Honore De Balzac
Translators:	Raymond N. MacKenzie
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 51mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	536
ISBN-13:	978-1-5179-0544-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction Promotions Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	1-5179-0544-3
Barcode:	9781517905446

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