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A Second Home is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Honore de Balzac is in the English language. If you enjoy the works of Honore de Balzac then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. ... Read more

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Pamela Giraud is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Honore de Balzac is in the English language. If you enjoy the works of Honore de Balzac then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. ... Read more

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The Thirteen is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Honore de Balzac is in the English language. If you enjoy the works of Honore de Balzac then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. ... Read more

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Ursula is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Honore de Balzac is in the English language. If you enjoy the works of Honore de Balzac then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. ... Read more

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Unusual (religious) Balzac
I really enjoyed this novel, even though (or because?) Balzac shows himself here from a very religious side, which is usually not his thing. I highly recommend this book to all Balzac fans. ... Read more

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The figure of the Vicomtesse de Beauseant rose up suddenly before him with gracious thronging associations. She was a new world for him, a world of fears and hopes, a world to fight for and to conquer. Inevitably he felt the contrast between this vision and the human beings in the shabby room; and then, in truth, she was a woman. ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more

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Subjects: French literatureNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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The Message is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Honore de Balzac is in the English language. If you enjoy the works of Honore de Balzac then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. ... Read more

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Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley ... Read more

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Vautrin is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Honore de Balzac is in the English language. If you enjoy the works of Honore de Balzac then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. ... Read more

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An eloquent portrait of a wretch. One of the most impressive novels from his cycle ""The human comedy"", and considered by many as his masterpiece, in Eugenia Grandet, Balzac painted an unforgettable and eloquent portrait of a greedy guy to whom nothing matters and does not have any scruple either with anybody or even his own daughter, so as to increase his wealth. The maneuverings of the wretched old man and the way that he destroys a series of lives, even the one of his daughter Eugenia, outline a deep psychological study, besides an exciting novel that never loses in interest. Along with the Moliere character, this description of one of the most unfortunate human flaws occupies an important place among the entire literature. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / French; ... Read more

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tedious and unintentionally long
Some books age well, and others poorly. Cervantes, for example, wrote Don Quixote 500 years or so ago, and it holds up pretty well. This current book was only written a little less than 200 ago...but it holds up much less well.

The story, near as I could tell, revolves around several people who are opposed to the Emperor Napoleon at the start of his reign. A good half, or better, of the story is background to the action, and once it begins the characters are confusing and the plot doesn't make much sense either. Various policemen and officials of the Emperor's government intervene to stop the traitors from further undermining Napoleon's government.

This book is rather long. Some of the paragraphs seem to go on forever, conversations wander endlessly and then peter out inconclusively, characters act unreasonably, the story just wanders along without guidance seemingly. Parts are a bit interesting, and I'm sure at one point this was the best suspense novel around; but nowadays it's pretty thin fare. ... Read more

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Honoré Balzac, dit Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) est un romancier, critique littéraire, essayiste, journaliste et écrivain français. Il est considéré comme l'un des plus grands écrivains français dans le domaine du roman réaliste, du roman philosophique et du roman fantastique par Gérard Gengembre, G. Vannier, le philosophe Alain, et Albert Béguin. Charles Baudelaire voyait en lui un visionnaire. Balzac est cependant difficile à classer dans l'une ou l'autre catégorie, son oeuvre couvrant un champ si vaste que les critiques, tant de son siècle que du siècle suivant, passeront beaucoup de temps à lui chercher une étiquette appropriée sans y parvenir. Son oeuvre monumentale, La Comédie Humaine, cycle cohérent de plusieurs dizaines de romans, nouvelles, contes philosophiques a pour ambition de décrire de façon quasi-exhaustive la société française de son temps ou, selon la formule célèbre, de faire "concurrence à l'état-civil". Il n'hésite pas, en pleine Monarchie de Juillet, à afficher ses convictions légitimistes. Autres titles de Balzac comprennent: Jean-Louis (1822), Clotilde de Lusignan (1822) et Wann-Chlore (1826). ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown; Publication date: 1896; Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Literary Criticism / European / French; ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The Vicar of Tours is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Honore de Balzac is in the English language. If you enjoy the works of Honore de Balzac then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. ... Read more

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The Village Rector is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Honore de Balzac is in the English language. If you enjoy the works of Honore de Balzac then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. ... Read more

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My first introduction to Balzac
I have been going through the classics lately and decided to give Balzac a try.Pere Goriot is considered one of his most important works.Overall, it was a good novel, but it didn't impact me like many of the other classics that I have read.

It did paint a vivid picture of the early 19th century French aristocracy that was far from flattering.The title character has a distorted view of love but the law student does have some redeeming qualities.Balzac does a good job describing things, but I found his characters hard to like.

Since this is the only version of Pere Goriot that I have read, it is hard to make a judgment call on the translation, but if I read it again I will try a different translation.Some of the phrases could have been translated better and sounded almost too literal.

The book was worth reading, if only to get a feel for that time period in France.I came away from it very grateful that I wasn't born an aristocrat in 19th century France. ... Read more