Download or read book Cousin Betty Cousin Pons and other stories written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Cousin Betty Cousin Pons and Other Stories written by Honoré de Balzac and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-10-02 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Genesis of Le Cousin Pons written by Donald Adamson and published by London, Oxford U. P. This book was released on 1966 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cousin Pons (1847) is a novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. One of the final works in Balzac's La Comédie 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 Cécile -- 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.
Download or read book The English Catalogue of Books annual written by Sampson Low and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
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Download or read book The Greatest Works of Honor de Balzac written by Honoré de Balzac and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 10316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This meticulously edited Honoré de Balzac collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels The Chouans At the Sign of the Cat and Racket Vendetta The Magic Skin The Exiles Louis Lambert Eugenie Grandet The Country Doctor Ferragus The Duchesse de Langeais The Alkahest Seraphita Father Goriot The Lily of the Valley The Marriage Contract The Old Maid Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau The Collection of Antiquities A Daughter of Eve Beatrix The Village Rector Ursule Mirouet Letters of Two Brides Paz A Woman of Thirty Albert Savarus The Two Brothers A Start in Life Two Poets Honorine Modeste Mignon Cousin Betty Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Cousin Pons Brotherhood of Consolation Sons of the Soil Catherine de' Medici A Distinguished Provincial at Paris The Lesser Bourgeoisie Novellas The Ball at Sceaux Sarrasine A Second Home Domestic Peace Gobseck El Verdugo Colonel Chabert The Vicar of Tours Girl with the Golden Eyes Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan Z. Marcas Pierrette The Muse of the Department Two Poets Eve and David Bureaucracy Short Stories Study of a Woman Another Study of Woman The Grand Breteche Farewell The Unknown Masterpiece The Recruit The Red Inn The Purse La Grenadiere The Message A Drama on the Seashore The Atheist's Mass Facino Cane Gambara Massimilla Doni Pierre Grassou An Episode Under the Terror Madame Firmiani The Deserted Woman The Commission in Lunacy The Illustrious Gaudissart A Prince of Bohemia A Man of Business Gaudissart II The Unconscious Comedians The Firm of Nucingen A Passion in the Desert Christ in Flanders The Napoleon of the People Droll Stories
Download or read book The Europeans written by Orlando Figes and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the “master of historical narrative” (Financial Times), a dazzling, richly detailed, panoramic work—the first to document the genesis of a continent-wide European culture. The nineteenth century in Europe was a time of unprecedented artistic achievement. It was also the first age of cultural globalization—an epoch when mass communications and high-speed rail travel brought Europe together, overcoming the barriers of nationalism and facilitating the development of a truly European canon of artistic, musical, and literary works. By 1900, the same books were being read across the continent, the same paintings reproduced, the same music played in homes and heard in concert halls, the same operas performed in all the major theatres. Drawing from a wealth of documents, letters, and other archival materials, acclaimed historian Orlando Figes examines the interplay of money and art that made this unification possible. At the center of the book is a poignant love triangle: the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev; the Spanish prima donna Pauline Viardot, with whom Turgenev had a long and intimate relationship; and her husband Louis Viardot, an art critic, theater manager, and republican activist. Together, Turgenev and the Viardots acted as a kind of European cultural exchange—they either knew or crossed paths with Delacroix, Berlioz, Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, the Schumanns, Hugo, Flaubert, Dickens, and Dostoyevsky, among many other towering figures. As Figes observes, nearly all of civilization’s great advances have come during periods of heightened cosmopolitanism—when people, ideas, and artistic creations circulate freely between nations. Vivid and insightful, The Europeans shows how such cosmopolitan ferment shaped artistic traditions that came to dominate world culture.
Download or read book The Sphere written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Magic Skin written by Honoré de Balzac and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Magic Skin (La Peau de chagrin) is set in early 19th-century Paris and tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen that fulfills his every desire. For each wish granted, however, the skin shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy. Although the novel uses fantastic elements, its main focus is a realistic portrayal of the excesses of bourgeois materialism. Balzac's renowned attention to detail is used to describe a gambling house, an antique shop, a royal banquet, and other locales. He also includes details from his own life as a struggling writer, placing the main character in a home similar to the one he occupied at the start of his literary career. The central theme of La Peau de chagrin is the conflict between desire and longevity. The magic skin represents the owner's life-force, which is depleted through every expression of will, especially when it is employed for the acquisition of power. Ignoring a caution from the shopkeeper who offers him the skin, the protagonist greedily surrounds himself with wealth, only to find himself miserable and decrepit at the story's end. (source: Wikipedia)
