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| Original Title: | Honorine |
| ISBN: | 1406950467 (ISBN13: 9781406950465) |
| Series: | La Comédie Humaine #19 |
Honoré de Balzac
Paperback | Pages: 64 pages Rating: 3.54 | 107 Users | 13 Reviews
List Appertaining To Books Honorine (La Comédie Humaine #19)
| Title | : | Honorine (La Comédie Humaine #19) |
| Author | : | Honoré de Balzac |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 64 pages |
| Published | : | 2006 by Hard Press (first published 1843) |
| Categories | : | European Literature. French Literature. Classics. Cultural. France. Fiction. Romance |
Description To Books Honorine (La Comédie Humaine #19)
Balzac's literary output began with chronicles and sketches on widely varied social and artistic topics. The journals to which he contributed were increasingly looking for short fiction, which Balzac was able to provide. A collection Scnes de la vie prive (Scenes from Private Life) came out in 1829, and was well received: these were tales told with a journalistic eye which looked into the fabric of modern life and did not shun social and political realities. Balzac had found a distinctive voice.Rating Appertaining To Books Honorine (La Comédie Humaine #19)
Ratings: 3.54 From 107 Users | 13 ReviewsCommentary Appertaining To Books Honorine (La Comédie Humaine #19)
Clever and beautifully written! Well done Mr. Balzac!The original French text is available at La Bibliothèque électronique du Québec.Free download available at Project Gutenberg.Opening lines:Si les Français ont autant de répugnance que les Anglais ont de propension pour les voyages, peut-être les Français et les Anglais ont-ils raison de part et d'autre.Scènes de la vie privée :3* La maison du Chat-qui-pelote (1830)3* Le bal de Sceaux (1830)3* La Bourse (1830)4* La Vendetta (1830)3* Madame Firmiani (1832)3* Une Double Famille (1830)4* La paix du
The novel Honorine has been described as being about the difference between men's love and women's love. It is one of Balzac's later works.Comtesse Honorine de Bauvan was married to the Comte at nineteen. She leaves him and is later abandoned by her lover when she becomes pregnant. She lives simply and earns money by making artificial flowers. What she doesn't know is that her husband is paying exorbitant prices for her work, thus supporting her while letting her think she is independent of him.
In the course of this book, Balzac mentions Michelangelo's Day and Night: I looked it up to see what he was on about (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sfB9h840-2M...) and, well, yes, it is peculiar. And here's the Hotel Carnavalet which I recognised from Balzac's description as the Museum Carnavalet in Paris: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnaval...As to the story, this is one of those stubborn-adherence-to-a-strange-concept-of-nobility efforts. The Comte's wife was married too young, foolishly fell in
A difficult one from a modern perspective as it's dealing with a couple who would just be divorced today. Nevertheless, I think it makes an interesting point about the position of women in the period. Honorine longs to live independently and earn her own money but she is hopelessly naive, encouraged by her husband who secretly finances her because he can't let her go. The situation for both of them is pretty hopeless. The story is told delicately.
Aunque puede parecer anticuado, me gustó leer lo que Balzac planteó respecto a la libertad de la mujer en un mundo patriarcal, la presión social y el arrepentimiento.
One of Balzac's better novellas. The French consul in Genoa is entertaining guests. He has no need to earn a living and could also clearly have risen further. In a fictional device anticipating some works of Joseph Conrad, this forms the introduction to the real story which explains why he remains in Genoa - a tale involving his early career, an aristocrat with a secret, and a 'fallen woman'. It is a sad tale, and the woman is presented as a complex fully-rounded character. As often with Balzac,
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