The Ball At Sceaux
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 Scènes de la vie privée (Scenes from Private Life) came out in...
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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 Scènes de la vie privée (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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781419153471 (1419153471)
Publish date: 2004
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Pages no: 56
Edition language: English
Series: La Comédie Humaine
Enjoyed much more the second time around. Still creeped out by Emilie's marriage.
Short, simple, to the point, well written, illustrative.
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