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Eugenie Grandet - Honoré de Balzac
Eugenie Grandet
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781438520995 (1438520999)
Publisher: Book Jungle
Pages no: 182
Edition language: English
Series: La Comédie Humaine
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Merle
Merle rated it
2.0 Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac
Classics, we are told, are books that “stand the test of time” – that, even after the society that birthed them has passed away, continue to enthrall readers with their complex and relatable characters, their insight into universals of human nature, their artful command of language. I read Eugenie G...
The better to see you, my dear
The better to see you, my dear rated it
4.0 Left me melancholy
The title for the grouping of these Balsac's novels is proper indeed. There was this mix of drama and farce, character study and social critique that entertained as it pained me. I quite liked the style, and found it easy to read. I shall be attempting Pere Goriot soon, and might add Scenes from a...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
3.0 Eugenie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac
bookshelves: summer-2014, series, france, fradio, radio-4, published-1833, filthy-lucre, lifestyles-deathstyles, play-dramatisation, suicide, translation, love, lit-richer, cousin-love, families Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from July 30 to August 05, 2014 Classic Serialhttp://www.bbc...
Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it
4.5 Fascinating Study of a Blighting Avarice
Eugenie Grandet is one of the signature works of French literature, and Flaubert, who wrote Madame Bovary and is arguably the most celebrated French novelist, was supposedly greatly influenced by Balzac. It's easy reading Eugene Grandet to trace the line of realism in French lit...
Florencia
Florencia rated it
This story takes place in the town of Saumur. That's where Eugénie and her very normal family lives. Her father is a miserly former cooper that hides his fortune from her wife and daughter and made them live in an old, cold and poor house that he doesn't want to repair because, well, money must be s...
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