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Lost Illusions: The Two Poets, A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, Eve and David
Lost Illusions: The Two Poets, A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, Eve and David
Lost Illusions: The Two Poets, A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, Eve and David
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The Lost Illusions is a serial novel written by Honoré de Balzac. It consists of three parts, starting in provincial France, thereafter moving to Paris, and finally returning to the provinces. The novel is unique among the novels and short stories of La Comédie humaine by virtue of the even-handedness with which it treats both geographical dimensions of French social life. The Two Poets A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Eve and David
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PublisherSharp Ink
Release dateSep 17, 2019
ISBN9788028221058
Lost Illusions: The Two Poets, A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, Eve and David
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Honoré De Balzac

Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist, short story writer, and playwright. Regarded as one of the key figures of French and European literature, Balzac’s realist approach to writing would influence Charles Dickens, Émile Zola, Henry James, Gustave Flaubert, and Karl Marx. With a precocious attitude and fierce intellect, Balzac struggled first in school and then in business before dedicating himself to the pursuit of writing as both an art and a profession. His distinctly industrious work routine—he spent hours each day writing furiously by hand and made extensive edits during the publication process—led to a prodigious output of dozens of novels, stories, plays, and novellas. La Comédie humaine, Balzac’s most famous work, is a sequence of 91 finished and 46 unfinished stories, novels, and essays with which he attempted to realistically and exhaustively portray every aspect of French society during the early-nineteenth century.

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