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Honor de Balzac (1799-1850) was one of the premiere French
novelists. This is a collection of his stories.
Honor de Balzac (1799-1850) was one of the premiere French
novelists. This is a collection of his stories.
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Cathedral (Paperback, 4th New Revised ed.)
J-.K. Huysmans; Translated by Clara Bell, Brendan King; Edited by Brendan King
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A painter 's greatest masterpiece is inspired by a young girl of
angelic beauty, but their resulting marriage only serves to reveal
the deep divide between their true natures . . . a haughty young
demoiselle, the last child to marry from an old noble family, is
raised to be all too discerning in her choice of a future husband,
with tragic consequences . . . a lifelong correspondence between
two young women illustrates their different ideas about love and
marriage one valuing romance and excitement, the other marital duty
but as they begin to live out their philosophies of love and life,
one thrives and prospers as a wife and mother while the other is
slowly consumed by jealousy . . . These three works (At the Sign of
the Cat and Racket, The Ball at Sceaux, and Letters of Two Brides)
form the first volume of Balzac 's monumental Com die Humaine. Left
unfinished at the time of the writer 's death, it is a vast
literary undertaking composed of some hundred short stories,
novellas, and novels set in the shadow of the Napoleonic Wars
during the Bourbon Restoration and the July Monarchy. Throughout,
Balzac utilizes nineteenth century French society to examine
humanity and the human experience with all its attendant virtues,
vices, and peculiarities. The works in this volume are preceded by
an introduction in which the author sets forth the history of the
project and explains his principles of composition. Following the
authoritative French Pl iade edition in the ordering of the
stories, Noumena Press plans to release Balzac 's complete magnum
opus in a set of forty-five matching volumes, each one newly
annotated, edited, and with the original illustrations from the
Furne edition of 1842.
The story revolves round the angelic and mysterious hermaphrodite
Seraphita who seems to inspire love in all she meets. The battle
for her affection leads Wilf and Minna past earthly knowledge and
into the deeper mysteries of life. Set against the rugged landscape
of 18th century Norway, Seraphita is the most unusual and bizarre
novel in Balzac's Comedie Humaine.
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Colonel Chabert (Paperback)
Honore De Balzac; Translated by Ellen Marriage, Clara Bell
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Seraphita (Hardcover)
Honoră© De Balzac, Clara Bell
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