books by Honore de Balzac

books by Honore de Balzac

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Honore de Balzac

Honore de Balzac

Penguin Classics, 1951

A Classic Tale of Unconditional Love
"To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter." Euripides "Noble natures cannot long endure this world. How indeed should deep and noble feeling find a place in such a shallow, petty, mean society?" p. 282 "Old Goriot" This classic novel by ...

Classic Mystery Collection - Crime, Suspense, Detective fiction. (100+ works including The Complete ...

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MobileReference, 2007

Classic Mystery Collection - EBOOK
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Père Goriot (Oxford World's Classics)

Honoré de Balzac

Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

Do you know old Goriot from the Maison Vauquer?
I'm going to go ahead and ruin something for you, the potential reader, about Honoré de Balzac. It's nothing to do with plot or character, so you can rest assured that you're safe to get a fresh read from Père Goriot; instead it centers on the author himself. It's ...

Cousin Bette (Modern Library Classics)

Honoré de Balzac

Modern Library, 2002

Don't Miss Balzac
This is a wonderfully convoluted plot with the insight and delightful prose you would expect of Balzac. A couple of times you wonder if perhaps Balzac changed his mind on the direction of the plot in "mid-stream." But his firm grasp of the characters makes you care ...

Lost Illusions (Modern Library Classics)

Honoré de Balzac

Modern Library, 2001

Swimming among sharks
This is one of the best novels by Balzac, which is to say much, since he is still one of the best writers that have ever lived. Here, as in the rest of his work, the reader can appreciate Balzac's knowledge of worldly life, and especially the world of business, so ...

The Wrong Side of Paris (Modern Library Classics)

Honoré de Balzac

Modern Library, 2005

Five star translation of a three star work.
This is not great Balzac, though lovers of the Comedie Humaine will read it happily - and in a single evening because it is brief. Much of the story is background related by one character to another in a handful of long sections - a weak narrative strategy. The story ...

The Black Sheep (Penguin Classics)

Honoré de Balzac

Penguin Classics, 1976

Another superb Balzac's novel
Another occasion to live again an exceptionnal human adventure with Balzac. A lot of emotion and intelligence ...

The Wild Ass's Skin (Penguin Classics)

Honoré de Balzac

Penguin Classics, 1977

Skin of Chagrin
O.K. A minority opinion. Nowhere are the master storyteller's considerable talents more admirably on display than in this quintessential commentary on the futility of desire. What is the locus of Balzac's genius? One of the all-time masters of character ...

Eugenie Grandet (Oxford World's Classics)

Honore de Balzac

Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

Good as gold
Monsieur Grandet, the father of the titular heroine of Balzac's short novel "Eugenie Grandet," is not just a miser; he is a caricature of a miser, a modern Midas whose first love is gold, as ornately drawn as Dickens's Scrooge, but somehow more believable. He is an ...

Pere Goriot (Norton Critical Editions)

Honoré de Balzac

W. W. Norton, 1997

Caffeine Inspired Realism
You know right away that de Balzac is an author of realism when, at the start of the book, he takes you on a five page tour of the first floor of Madame Vauquer's Parisian boarding house. One immediately realizes that sanitation standards for such accommodations were ...

Classic Mystery Collection - Crime, Suspense, Detective fiction. (100+ works including The Complete ...

Cousin Bette (Oxford World's Classics)
Honore de Balzac

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Cousin Bette (1846), long considered Balzac's last great novel, is a key work in his Comedie humaine. Grounded in a meticulous documentation of contemporary France, this tale is set in the prosperous Paris of Louis-Phillipe and details a jealous woman's campaign of persecution against her own family. This new translation has an introduction by ...

Colonel Chabert

Honoré de Balzac, Carol Cosman

New Directions, 1997

The best translation...
...of a great Balzac novella. Ms. Cosman captures the rigorous, logical quality of Balzac's prose - most translators get lost in unidiomatic wordiness. This 100 page novella showcases the Master's comfort with legal matters, his profound understanding of "the fang and ...

Pere Goriot (Thrift Edition)
Honore de Balzac

Dover Publications, 2004

A kind-hearted and idealistic youth enters the grasping Parisian society of the 1820s, where his education in the realities and costs of city life begin among the residents of a shabby but respectable boardinghouse. Acclaimed by Leslie Stephen as "the modern King Lear, " it offers a timeless view of the tragedies behind the prosaic details of ...

Colonel Chabert
Honore de Balzac

Quill Pen Classics, 2008

Colonel Chabert is a book written by Honore de Balzac. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. This great novel will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, Colonel Chabert is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of ...