These two short stories serve as my introduction into the literary legacy of Honoré de Balzac, and frankly, it's probably going to stay at that. While both stories were crafted okay, and had a messages of loyalty, I found them rather dull to be honest. It may very well be the translation, I can't be...
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 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...
Auguste sorprende Clémence, di cui è segretamente innamorato, procedere a passi furtivi in direzione di rue Soly, “la più stretta e meno praticabile di tutte le vie di Parigi”. Una donna ricca, bella e casta si reca, al calar del giorno, in una casa infamante? Sconvolto dalla scoperta, dopo averla s...
“…non è questione di morire, bisogna vivere, che è più piacevole, e vivere bene, che è stupendo” Honoré era il tipo che, avendo bisogno urgentemente di denaro per risolvere un debito, proponeva a un grande editore di giornali due suoi articoli per il mattino successivo dietro pagamento anticipato,...
Quando l’occhio penetra la realtà per rappresentarla, la ricerca della perfezione può sfociare nella follia ossessiva dell’artista. Balzac ci guida nella Parigi del 1612 in rue des Grands-Augustins, dove il giovane Nicolas Poussin si reca per chiedere al maestro Franciois Porbus di svelargli i seg...
Siamo a Saumur, dov’è quella strada “calda d’estate, fredda d’inverno, buia in certi punti, è notevole per la sonorità del selciato, sempre pulito e asciutto, per la strettezza della carreggiata tortuosa, per il silenzio delle case che appartengono alla città vecchia e sulle quali incombono i bastio...
I didn’t expect to love “Old man Goriot” as much as I ended up doing so in the end. I was afraid it would be uptight and wordy, like many people tend to say about novels of the 18th and 19th centuries. I worried that I wouldn’t be able to connect with the writing and the characters, to find somethin...
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