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Large format for easy reading. Work from the 'La Comedie Humaine' series from the man hailed as the 'Charles Dickens of France' and one of the founding fathers of French Realist writing.
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Review:
'In the introduction to his fluent translation, Howard Curtis picks out contemporary elements that Balzac drew on: Stendhal's short story Vanina Vanini (1829), whose heroine falls in love with a fugitive carbonaro; Romeo and Juliet; the theme of Corsican family honour in Mérimée's Mateo Falcone (1829). Balzac also exploited recollections of the Duchesse d' Abrantès and Mme de Berny for the Napoleonic background and the character of Piombo (modelled on André Campi, a former lover of Mme de Berny), and a similar drama triggered by an acte respectueux in the family of his sister Laure's husband.' --Times Literary Supplement
About the Author:
A prolific writer, Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) penned an inordinate number of novels and short stories, and is one of France's greatest ever fiction writers.
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- PublisherDodo Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1406502197
- ISBN 13 9781406502190
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages80
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