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Honoré De Balzac & Carol Cosman Colonel Chabert
New Directions 17/11/1997 0811213595 / 9780811213592 Paperback New Ships in 10-14 Day - Subject to Availability
The story of a French military hero of the Napoleonic Wars, long assumed to be dead, tries to recover his fortune and former wife through the help of a famous Parisian lawyer. Colonel Chabert, a Napoleonic War hero supposedly killed in the Battle of Eylau, returns to Paris after a long convalescence to find his wife remarried, and his pension gone. He employs a young, well-known lawyer to at least reclaim his pension. It is a game of wits: first to convince the lawyer that he is who he says he is; secondly to get his wife to admit to his identity and thereby give up some of her wealth. Once the lawyer believes Chabert's story, the wife must be made to part with his pension... 9780811213592 0.00
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Honore De Balzac Ferragus, Book One of 'The Thirteen'
Aegypan 01/07/2006 1598188941 / 9781598188943 Paperback New Ships in 10-14 Day - Subject to Availability
To tell the truth, there is more power than taste throughout the Histoire des Treize, and perhaps not very much less unreality than power. Balzac is very much better than Eugene Sue, though Eugene Sue also is better than it is the fashion to think him just now. But he is here, to a certain extent competing with Sue on the latter's own ground. The notion of the "Devorants" -- of a secret society of men devoted to each other's interests, entirely free from any moral or legal scruple, possessed of considerable means in wealth, ability, and position, all working together, by fair means or foul, for good ends or bad -- is, no doubt, rather seducing to the imagination at all times. . . -- from George Saintsbury's Introduction. 9781598188943 0.00
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Honore De Balzac Louis Lambert
Book Jungle 18/02/2008 1605970948 / 9781605970943 Paperback New Ships in 10-14 Day - Subject to Availability
Honora de Balzac is the narrator of this novel about Louis Lambert, a child prodigy. Balzac and Lambert are portrayed as students in Paris. They are both social outcasts who develop a love of philosophy. After a psychic dream, Lambert writes a metaphysical treatise that is later destroyed by a teacher. Lambert and Balzac have conflicting views and Lambert moves to Paris for further study. Lambert ultimately moves to the country to live with his uncle, falls in love, and gradually goes insane. 9781605970943 0.00
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Honore De Balzac The Unknown Masterpiece
Book Jungle 02/02/2009 1438510144 / 9781438510149 Paperback New Ships in 10-14 Day - Subject to Availability
Honora de Balzac is considered the founder of social realism. Balzac was the first writer to write about the all social levels of the social scene in France. His vast collection of works encompasses the Restoration period and the July Monarchy. La Comedie Humaine was written between 1799 and 1850. This collection contains 95 novels, stories, and essays. The Unknown Masterpiece is a short story first published in the newspaper L"Artiste with the title "Maître Frenhofer". It was later part of the La Comedie Humaine. The story begins with young Nicolas Poussin visiting the painter Porbus in his workshop. He is accompanied by the old master Frenhofer who comments expertly on the large tableau that Porbus has just finished. The painting is of Mary of Egypt, and while Frenhofer sings her praises, he hints that the work seems unfinished. 9781438510149 0.00
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Honore De Balzac The Unknown Masterpiece
Book Jungle 22/10/2008 1438504489 / 9781438504483 Paperback New Ships in 10-14 Day - Subject to Availability
Honora de Balzac is considered the founder of social realism. Balzac was the first writer to write about the all social levels of the social scene in France. His vast collection of works encompasses the Restoration period and the July Monarchy. La Comedie Humaine was written between 1799 and 1850. This collection contains 95 novels, stories, and essays. The Unknown Masterpiece is a short story first published in the newspaper L”Artiste with the title "Maître Frenhofer". It was later part of the La Comedie Humaine. The story begins with young Nicolas Poussin visiting the painter Porbus in his workshop. He is accompanied by the old master Frenhofer who comments expertly on the large tableau that Porbus has just finished. The painting is of Mary of Egypt, and while Frenhofer sings her praises, he hints that the work seems unfinished. 9781438504483 0.00
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Honore De Balzac Ursula
Serenity Publishers, LLC 09/09/2008 1604505141 / 9781604505146 Paperback New Ships in 10-14 Day - Subject to Availability
URSULA tells the story of a young girl who is left without means when her relative dies and it is discovered that his will has been destroyed. The mystery is eventually solved through supernatural means. 9781604505146 0.00
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