Lost Illusions by Honoré De Balzac

Lost Illusions by Honoré De Balzac

&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LI&&RLost Illusions&&L/I&&R, by &&LB&&RHonore de Balzac&&L/B&&R, is part of the &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R&&LI&&R &&L/I&&Rseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R: &&LDIV&&R

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All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics &&L/I&&Rpulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R &&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&RAmong the best known of &&LSTRONG&&RBalzac&&L/B&&R's novels, &&LI&&RLost Illusions&&L/I&&R chronicles the rise and fall of Lucien Chardon, a vain but naive young poet who leaves his provincial home to seek success and fortune in Parisian society. Paralleling Lucien's disastrously ambitious journey is the story of his friend and brother-in-law, hard-working inventor David S chard, who is beset by unscrupulous competitors and cheated in his printing business by his own father.&&LBR&&R &&LBR&&RConsidered the founder of French realism, Balzac painted equally faithful pictures of the glittering but superficial world of society and the lonely struggle of impoverished men of genius. The city has a corrosive effect on Lucien's artistic talent and moral strength, while David takes a brave stand against the constraints of provincial small-mindedness. Balzac plays out their contrasting but intertwined stories against the enduring themes of love, ambition, greed, loyalty, vanity, and betrayal. Will Lucien's debts be the ruin of both?&&LBR&&R &&LBR&&RPublished between 1837 and 1843, &&LI&&RLost Illusions&&L/I&&R is part of &&LI&&RLa Com die Humaine,&&L/I&&R into which Balzac grouped more than ninety interlocking novels. In &&LI&&RLost Illusions&&L/I&&R, scores of minor characters from these other works help bring early-nineteenth-century France to brilliant life.&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R &&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LB&&RMarie-Rose Logan&&L/B&&R received her Ph.D. from Yale and has held teaching appointments at Yale, Rice, Temple, and Columbia. Professor Logan is a recipient of the French government's Palmes Acad miques and of awards from several foundations, including the National Endowment for the Humanities.&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R

Balzac (De), Honore: - Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) est un ecrivain francais. Romancier, dramaturge, critique litteraire, critique d'art, essayiste, journaliste et imprimeur, il a laisse l'une des plus imposantes 1/2uvres romanesques au pantheon de la litterature francaise, avec 96 romans et nouvelles parus de 1829 a 1850, reunis sous le titre La Comedie humaine. A cette bibliographie impressionnante, s'ajoutent Les Cent Contes drolatiques, ainsi que des romans de jeunesse publies sous des pseudonymes et quelque vingt-cinq 1/2uvres ebauchees. Maitre du roman francais, il s'est illustre dans divers genres. Dans le roman historique et politique, notons Les Chouans, dans le roman philosophique: Le Chef-d'1/2uvre inconnu, dans le fantastique remarquons La Peau de chagrin ou encore dans le domaine du poetique: Le Lys dans la vallee. Toutefois, ses romans realistes et psychologiques demeurent les plus celebres, tels Le Pere Goriot ou Eugenie Grandet sont de veritables 1/2uvres emblematiques. A cote d'une aristocratie qu'il admire, l'auteur decrit la montee de la bourgeoisie et la puissance de l'Argent. Il se demarque en creant des personnages au destin marque, de veritables archetypes de la nature humaine, tel l'ambitieux Grandet ou le Goriot, le pere tyran. Par ailleurs, son 1/2uvre accorde une large place aux femmes de la courtisane aux femmes admirables et angeliques, toutes ont leur importance de sorte que tres tot Balzac s'aliene ce lectorat. Lu et admire dans toute l'Europe, Balzac a fortement influence les ecrivains de son temps et du siecle suivant notamment Gustave Flaubert et son roman L'Education sentimentale est directement inspire du Lys dans la vallee. Le principe du retour de personnages evoluant et se transformant au sein d'un vaste cycle romanesque a notamment inspire Emile Zola et Marcel Proust. Ses 1/2uvres continuent d'etre reimprimees et adaptees regulierement au cinema.

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ISBN 13	9780375757907
ISBN 10	0375757902
Title	Lost Illusions
Author	Honor De Balzac
Series	Modern Library Classics
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2001-11-13
Number of pages	752
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