Les Celibataires, the longest number of the original Comedie Humaine under a single title, next to Illusions perdues, is not, like that book, connected by any unity of story. Indeed, the general bond of union is pretty weak; and though it is quite true that bachelors and old maids are the heroes and heroines of all three, it would be rather hard to establish any other bond of connection, and it is rather unlikely that any one unprompted would fix on this as a sufficient ground of partnership. Two at least of the component parts, however, are of very high excellence. I do not myself think that Pierrette, which opens the series, is quite the equal of its companions. Written, as it was, for Countess Anna de Hanska, Balzac's step-daughter of the future, while she was still very young, it partakes necessarily of the rather elaborate artificiality of all attempts to suit the young person, of French attempts in particular, and it may perhaps be said of Balzac's attempts most of all. It belongs, in a way, to the Arcis series—the series which also includes the fine Tenebreuse Affaire and the unfinished Depute d'Arcis—but is not very closely connected therewith. The picture of the actual Celibataires, the brother and sister Rogron, with which it opens, is one of Balzac's best styles, and is executed with all his usual mastery both of the minute and of the at least partially repulsive, showing also that strange knowledge of the bourgeois de Paris which, somehow or other, he seems to have attained by dint of unknown foregatherings in his ten years of apprenticeship. But when we come to Pierrette herself, the story is, I think, rather less satisfying. Her persecutions and her end, and the devotion of the faithful Brigaut and the rest, are pathetic no doubt, but tend (I hope it is not heartless to say it) just a very little towards sensiblerie. The fact is that the thing is not quite in Balzac's line...

The Celibates

The story revolves round the angelic and mysterious hermaphrodite Seraphita who seems to inspire love in all she meets. One of Balzac's most unusual novels which will appeal to lovers of the mystical and the supernatural.

Seraphita

The two Analytical Studies, Physiology of Marriage and Petty Troubles of Married Life, belong quite apart from the action of the Comedie Humaine, and can only be included therein by virtue of a special dispensation on the part of their author, who made for them an eighth division therein, thus giving them a local habitation and a name. Although they come far down in the list of titles, their creation belongs almost to the formative era. Balzac had just shaken his skirts clear of the immature dust of the Oeuvres de Jeunesse, and by the publication, in 1829, of The Chouans, had made his first real bow to his larger public. In December of that same year appeared the Physiology of Marriage, followed eleven months later by a few papers belonging to Petty Troubles of Married Life. Meanwhile, between these two Analytical Studies, came a remarkable novelette, At the Sign of the Cat and Racket, followed soon after by one of the most famous stories of the entire Comedie, The Magic Skin. We are thus particular to place the two Analytical Studies in time and in environment, that the wonderful versatility of the author may become apparent—and more: that Balzac may be vindicated from the charge of dullness and inaccuracy at this period. Such traits might have been charged against him had he left only the Analytical Studies. But when they are preceded by the faithful though heavy scene of military life, and succeeded by the searching and vivid philosophical study, their faults and failures may be considered for the sake of their company. It is hard to determine Balzac's full purpose in including the Analytical Studies in the Comedie. They are not novels. The few, lightly-sketched characters are not connected with those of the Comedie, save in one or two remote instances. They must have been included in order to make one more room in the gigantic mansion which the author had planned. His seventh sense of subdivision saw here fresh material to classify.

Analytical Studies

A fantastic novel by French novelist and playwright Honore de Balzac.

The Two Brothers

The Human Comedy (French: La Comédie Humaine) is the title of Honoré de Balzac's multi-volume collection of interlinked novels and stories depicting French society in the period of the Restoration (1815-1830) and the July Monarchy (1830–1848). The Comédie humaine consists of 91 finished works (stories, novels or analytical essays) and 46 unfinished works (some of which exist only as titles). It does not include Balzac's five theatrical plays or his collection of humorous tales, the "Contes drolatiques" (1832–37). The title of the series is usually considered an allusion to Dante's Divine Comedy; while Ferdinand Brunetière, the famous French literary critic, suggests that it may stem from poems by Alfred de Musset or Alfred de Vigny. While Balzac sought the comprehensive scope of Dante, his title indicates the worldly, human concerns of a realist novelist. The stories are placed in a variety of settings, with characters reappearing in multiple stories.

Collected Works of Honore de Balzac with the Complete Human Comedy

During Napoleon's campaign in Egypt, a French soldier becomes separated from his regiment and finds himself wandering lost in the desert. Just when he was about to give up all hope, he makes an unlikely friend. Honore de Balzac (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comedie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. His writing influenced many famous writers, including the novelists Emile Zola, Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Jack Kerouac, and Henry James, filmmakers Akira Kurosawa and Eric Rohmer as well as important philosophers such as Friedrich Engels. Many of Balzac's works have been made into films, and they continue to inspire other writers.

A Passion in the Desert

This short section of Honore de Balzac's vast story cycle The Human Comedy unfolds against the beautiful backdrop of the western coast of France. A couple on vacation have a chance encounter with a fisherman. After chit-chatting for a while, they take him up on his offer to shuttle them to a nearby island. Along the way, he recounts a heartbreaking local legend that puts a damper on the trip. Honore de Balzac (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. His writing influenced many famous writers, including the novelists Emile Zola, Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Jack Kerouac, and Henry James, filmmakers Akira Kurosawa and Eric Rohmer as well as important philosophers such as Friedrich Engels. Many of Balzac's works have been made into films, and they continue to inspire other writers. An enthusiastic reader and independent thinker as a child, Balzac had trouble adapting to the teaching style of his grammar school. His willful nature caused trouble throughout his life and frustrated his ambitions to succeed in the world of business. When he finished school, Balzac was apprenticed in a law office, but he turned his back on the study of law after wearying of its inhumanity and banal routine.

A Drama on the Seashore

Though a relatively short story, A Man of Business is an important component of Honore de Balzac's vast story cycle The Human Comedy, involving many of the recurring characters from the series and tying up a number of loose ends. As a fete thrown at the home of his mistress begins to wind down, Cardot invites the lingering merrymakers to settle around the table and begins telling a story about a clever debt-collection scheme. Honore de Balzac (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comedie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. His writing influenced many famous writers, including the novelists Emile Zola, Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Jack Kerouac, and Henry James, filmmakers Akira Kurosawa and Eric Rohmer as well as important philosophers such as Friedrich Engels. Many of Balzac's works have been made into films, and they continue to inspire other writers.

A Man of Business

A Daughter of Eve is a short novel wriiten by Honore de Balzac. This short novel, part of the Scenes of Private Life section of Honore de Balzac's vast masterpiece The Human Comedy, includes the first appearances of key characters who return later in the series. A Daughter of Eve is a tale in which seemingly innocent peccadilloes soon spiral into an inescapable web of intrigue, fraud, and lust. Honore de Balzac (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. His writing influenced many famous writers, including the novelists Emile Zola, Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Jack Kerouac, and Henry James, filmmakers Akira Kurosawa and Eric Rohmer as well as important philosophers such as Friedrich Engels. Many of Balzac's works have been made into films, and they continue to inspire other writers. An enthusiastic reader and independent thinker as a child, Balzac had trouble adapting to the teaching style of his grammar school. His willful nature caused trouble throughout his life and frustrated his ambitions to succeed in the world of business. When he finished school, Balzac was apprenticed in a law office, but he turned his back on the study of law after wearying of its inhumanity and banal routine.

A Daughter of Eve

Philosophical Studies from The Human Comedy (La Comedie Humaine). Contains The Calvinist Martyr, The Ruggieri's Secret and The Two Dreams. By the French author, who, along with Flaubert, is generally regarded as a founding-father of realism in European fiction. His large output of works, collectively entitled The Human Comedy (La Comedie Humaine), consists of 95 finished works (stories, novels and essays) and 48 unfinished works. His stories are an attempt to comprehend and depict the realities of life in contemporary bourgeois France. They are placed in a variety of settings, with characters reappearing in multiple stories.

Catherine de Medici

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris is the second volume of Honore de Balzac's Lost Illusions trilogy. In it, Balzac masterfully revisits one of his most commonly called-upon themes: the harsh realization that someone who is distinguished and revered in their small hometown may be an invisible nonentity amidst the hustle and bustle of the big city. Honore de Balzac (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. His writing influenced many famous writers, including the novelists Emile Zola, Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Jack Kerouac, and Henry James, filmmakers Akira Kurosawa and Eric Rohmer as well as important philosophers such as Friedrich Engels. Many of Balzac's works have been made into films, and they continue to inspire other writers. An enthusiastic reader and independent thinker as a child, Balzac had trouble adapting to the teaching style of his grammar school. His willful nature caused trouble throughout his life and frustrated his ambitions to succeed in the world of business. When he finished school, Balzac was apprenticed in a law office, but he turned his back on the study of law after wearying of its inhumanity and banal routine.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

It can be a bit melodramatic and the characterization is not at all convincing. Julie, Marquise dAiglemont, is warned by her father not to marry the dashing officer that she admires when they go to farewell Napoleons troops but she does and, well, gosh, daddy was right and so is his auntie, the guy is a dolt and a cad. The discovery that he is Not a Nice Man makes Julie take to her bed with the vapours, but somehow she manages to get pregnant and have a child, Helene.But Julie recovers and  none too worried about the sanctity of marriage either  she takes a lover, Lord Grenville, though they never actually, er, consummate their love because She is Too Good and He is Too Noble. But goodness me, theres a quick-hide-in-the-cupboard scene when hubby comes back unexpectedly. (You cant expect him to believe theyre just sighing A Lot and Loving in Purity, can you?) So poor Lord G ends up having to wait out the night on the windowsill to Save her Honour, and (while Im sure this would never happen to a Frenchman) he catches cold and dies.

A Woman at Thirty

Part of the Scènes de la vie privée section of Honore de Balzac's series La Comédie humaine. Set in Paris in 1819, it follows the intertwined lives of three characters: the elderly doting Goriot; a mysterious criminal-in-hiding named Vautrin; and a naive law student named Eugène de Rastignac.

Father Goriot

A late masterpiece in Balzac's La Comédie Humaine, Cousin Bette is the story of a Vosges peasant who rebels against her scornful upper-class relatives, skillfully turning their selfish obsessions against them.

Cousin Bette

This is one of Balzac's best stories, about a man who keeps two households. The story begins with a chaste and lovely needlewoman called Caroline who spends her days by the window of a run-down house in a seedy part of Paris. A gloomy young man passes by each day and inevitably he notices her and begins to take an interest in her despite his depression. One day he sees that she is desperately short of money and throws his purse in through the window, and after that there's a picnic. One thing leads to another, and he sets her up in a charming house where she lives contentedly and bears him a couple of children. Her mother, a rather crafty old woman, falls ill before long and there's a splendid scene where three old biddies and her servant are all waiting for her to die so that they can get their hands on her money. On her death-bed she reveals the name of the man whose mistress her daughter is...

A Second Home

A comic novel in which an intrigue about property serves as the excuse for a trip in a public diligence, where a group of people try to mystify each other with strange tales of their lives. At the conclusion of the trip, one of the seemingly least important characters turns out to be the main subject of the novel; there are some other largely comic scenes and the novel ends with about the same cast of characters on the same route many years later.

A Start in Life

This short vignette from Honore de Balzac, a key figure in French realism, is a story within a story. The narrator, Nathan, regales a pair of aristocratic ladies with stories about the Rusticoli family and its most prominent member, La Palferine. At first, his audience is unappreciative, but over time, they become wrapped up in the multi-generational saga. Honore de Balzac (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comedie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. His writing influenced many famous writers, including the novelists Emile Zola, Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Jack Kerouac, and Henry James, filmmakers Akira Kurosawa and Eric Rohmer as well as important philosophers such as Friedrich Engels. Many of Balzac's works have been made into films, and they continue to inspire other writers.

A Prince of Bohemia

Collected Works of Honore de Balzac with the Complete Human Comedy (A to Z Classics)

THE HUMAN COMEDY PREFACE STUDIES OF MANNERS IN THE 19TH CENTURY Scenes from Private Life AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKET AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKET THE BALL AT SCEAUX LETTERS OF TWO BRIDES THE PURSE THE PURSE MODESTE MIGNON A START IN LIFE ALBERT SAVARUS VENDETTA A SECOND HOME DOMESTIC PEACE MADAME FIRMIANI STUDY OF A WOMAN THE IMAGINARY MISTRESS A DAUGHTER OF EVE THE MESSAGE THE GRAND BRETECHE LA GRENADIERE THE DESERTED WOMAN HONORINE BEATRIX GOBSECK A WOMAN OF THIRTY FATHER GORIOT COLONEL CHABERT THE ATHEIST'S MASS THE COMMISSION IN LUNACY THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT ANOTHER STUDY OF WOMAN Scenes from Provincial Life URSULE MIROUET EUGENIE GRANDET The Celibates PIERRETTE THE VICAR OF TOURS THE TWO BROTHERS Parisians in the Country THE ILLUSTRIOUS GAUDISSART THE MUSE OF THE DEPARTMENT The Jealousies of a Country Town THE OLD MAID THE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES Lost Illusions TWO POETS A DISTINGUISHED PROVINCIAL AT PARIS EVE AND DAVID Scenes from Parisian Life The Thirteen FERRAGUS THE DUCHESSE DE LANGEAIS THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN EYES THE FIRM OF NUCINGEN Scenes from a Courtesan's Life ESTHER HAPPY: HOW A COURTESAN CAN LOVE WHAT LOVE COSTS AN OLD MAN THE END OF EVIL WAYS VAUTRIN'S LAST AVATAR SECRETS OF THE PRINCESSE DE CADIGNAN FACINO CANE SARRASINE PIERRE GRASSOU The Poor Relations COUSIN BETTY COUSIN PONS A MAN OF BUSINESS A PRINCE OF BOHEMIA GAUDISSART II BUREAUCRACY UNCONSCIOUS COMEDIANS THE LESSER BOURGEOISIE The Seamy Side of History MADAME DE LA CHANTERIE THE INITIATE Scenes from Political Life Scenes from Military Life Scenes from Country Life PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES ANALYTICAL STUDIES

The Collected Works of Honore de Balzac

In 'SARRASINE' von Honore de Balzac taucht der Leser in die Welt der Pariser Gesellschaft des 19. Jahrhunderts ein, in der Liebe, Eifersucht und gesellschaftliche Konventionen eine zentrale Rolle spielen. Der Roman besticht durch seinen detaillierten Erzählstil, der die Leser in die Gedankenwelt der verschiedenen Charaktere eintauchen lässt. Balzac verwendet geschickt Ironie und Satire, um die Absurditäten des damaligen gesellschaftlichen Lebens zu enthüllen. 'SARRASINE' ist ein Meisterwerk des Realismus und zeigt Balzacs Fähigkeit, komplexe Charaktere und Beziehungen zu porträtieren. Der Roman ist ein bedeutendes Werk der französischen Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts und hat bis heute nichts von seinem Reiz verloren. Honore de Balzac, ein bedeutender Vertreter der Französischen Romantik, wurde von seinem eigenen Leben und den gesellschaftlichen Umständen seiner Zeit inspiriert, um 'SARRASINE' zu schreiben. Sein tiefes Verständnis für die menschliche Natur und sein kritisches Bewusstsein für gesellschaftliche Normen prägen seine schriftstellerische Arbeit. Für Liebhaber klassischer Literatur und historischer Romane ist 'SARRASINE' ein absolutes Muss. Mitreißend, tiefgründig und fesselnd bietet dieser Roman einen unverwechselbaren Einblick in die Welt des 19. Jahrhunderts.

SARRASINE

Honore de Balzac - der französische Teufel in Mönchskutte, ein besessener Workaholic, dessen Arbeitseifer legendär ist. Viele seiner Erzählungen nehmen kirchliche Würdenträger auf den Arm und charakterisieren sowohl das intrigante Verhalten von den sogenannten höheren Kreisen als auch das biedere Bürgertum. Die Liebe und der Sex sind ebenso ständige Begleiter im zivilen wie im kirchlichen Sinne. Schmunzelnd und heiter, erregt und amüsiert verlässt man das Balzac-Universum - falls man schafft es wieder zu verlassen. Auf diesem Hörbuch finden sich zwei seiner teuflischen und erotischen Erzählungen.

Erzählungen 2

Honore de Balzac - der französische Teufel in Mönchskutte, ein besessener Workaholic, dessen Arbeitseifer legendär ist. Viele seiner Erzählungen nehmen kirchliche Würdenträger auf den Arm und charakterisieren sowohl das intrigante Verhalten von den sogenannten höheren Kreisen als auch das biedere Bürgertum. Die Liebe und der Sex sind ebenso ständige Begleiter im zivilen wie im kirchlichen Sinne. Schmunzelnd und heiter, erregt und amüsiert verlässt man das Balzac-Universum - falls man schafft es wieder zu verlassen. Auf diesem Hörbuch finden sich drei seiner teuflischen und erotischen Erzählungen.

Erzählungen 6

Honore de Balzac - der französische Teufel in Mönchskutte, ein besessener Workaholic, dessen Arbeitseifer legendär ist. Viele seiner Erzählungen nehmen kirchliche Würdenträger auf den Arm und charakterisieren sowohl das intrigante Verhalten von den sogenannten höheren Kreisen als auch das biedere Bürgertum. Die Liebe und der Sex sind ebenso ständige Begleiter im zivilen wie im kirchlichen Sinne. Schmunzelnd und heiter, erregt und amüsiert verlässt man das Balzac-Universum - falls man schafft es wieder zu verlassen. Auf diesem Hörbuch finden sich zwei seiner teuflischen und erotischen Erzählungen.

Erzählungen 1

Honore de Balzac - der französische Teufel in Mönchskutte, ein besessener Workaholic, dessen Arbeitseifer legendär ist. Viele seiner Erzählungen nehmen kirchliche Würdenträger auf den Arm und charakterisieren sowohl das intrigante Verhalten von den sogenannten höheren Kreisen als auch das biedere Bürgertum. Die Liebe und der Sex sind ebenso ständige Begleiter im zivilen wie im kirchlichen Sinne. Schmunzelnd und heiter, erregt und amüsiert verlässt man das Balzac-Universum - falls man schafft es wieder zu verlassen. Auf diesem Hörbuch finden sich drei seiner teuflischen und erotischen Erzählungen.

Erzählungen 3

Honore de Balzac - der französische Teufel in Mönchskutte, ein besessener Workaholic, dessen Arbeitseifer legendär ist. Viele seiner Erzählungen nehmen kirchliche Würdenträger auf den Arm und charakterisieren sowohl das intrigante Verhalten von den sogenannten höheren Kreisen als auch das biedere Bürgertum. Die Liebe und der Sex sind ebenso ständige Begleiter im zivilen wie im kirchlichen Sinne. Schmunzelnd und heiter, erregt und amüsiert verlässt man das Balzac-Universum - falls man schafft es wieder zu verlassen. Auf diesem Hörbuch finden sich drei seiner teuflischen und erotischen Erzählungen.

Erzählungen 5

In seinem Werk schildert er treffend Menschen und soziale Milieus und malt so ein Sittengemälde der damaligen Zeit. Während seiner zwanzigjährigen Schaffensperiode veröffentlicht er knapp 100 Romane und zahlreiche Erzählungen, Essays und Dramen.

Kurzgeschichten

Honore de Balzac - der französische Teufel in Mönchskutte, ein besessener Workaholic, dessen Arbeitseifer legendär ist. Viele seiner Erzählungen nehmen kirchliche Würdenträger auf den Arm und charakterisieren sowohl das intrigante Verhalten von den sogenannten höheren Kreisen als auch das biedere Bürgertum. Die Liebe und der Sex sind ebenso ständige Begleiter im zivilen wie im kirchlichen Sinne. Schmunzelnd und heiter, erregt und amüsiert verlässt man das Balzac-Universum - falls man schafft es wieder zu verlassen. Auf diesem Hörbuch finden sich zwei seiner teuflischen und erotischen Erzählungen.

Erzählungen 4

Die "Lilie im Tal“ erzählt die Geschichte des Gymnasiasten Felix de Vandernesse, dessen leidenschaftliche Liebe zu der zwanzig Jahre älteren und verheiratete Henriette de Mortsauf gegen die strikten gesellschaftlichen Konventionen und Moralvorstellungen seiner Zeit verstößt.

Die Lilie im Tal

Metà del XVIII secolo. Ernest-Jean Sarrasine, figlio di un avvocato della Franca Contea, si dedica alla scultura opponendosi ai desideri del padre che avrebbe desiderato per lui la carriera forense. Allievo di Edmé Bouchardon, il giovane Sarrasine, dal temperamento estremamente passionale, può recarsi in Italia grazie a una borsa di studio del marchese de Marigny, fratello della Pompadour. A Roma Sarrasine si innamora di Zambinella, cantante d'opera, che vede esibirsi una sera al Teatro Argentina, rimanendo folgorato dalla sua bellezza e dalla sua grazia. Da quel giorno essere amato da quella donna diviene l'unico scopo della sua vita. Sarrasine ignora però che Zambinella è in realtà un castrato dalle fattezze femminili. Quando Zambinella confessa a Sarrasine la sua vera natura, ammettendo di averlo ingannato per divertirsi alle sue spalle, Sarrasine, in preda alla disperazione e alla furia, scaraventa il suo martello, mancando il bersaglio, contro una scultura che rappresenta le fattezze di Zambinella e si accinge a uccidere il cantante, ma viene colpito a morte dai sicari del cardinal Cicognara, protettore di Zambinell

Sarrasine

Con la realizzazione di Eugenie Grandet e poi successivamente con Papà Goriot, Balzac concepì l’idea della ‘Commedia umana’, ossia di fondere tutti i suoi romanzi in un’opera unica, facendo riapparire gli stessi personaggi in nuove vicende e organizzando il lavoro narrativo diviso in racconti e romanzi, come parti autonome ma complementari, d’un quadro d’insieme che sarebbe divenuto una rappresentazione dei costumi e della società del tempo, visti come metafora d’una più vasta fisiologia dell’intero genere umano. I personaggi principali su cui ruota tutto il romanzo sono il padre di Eugenie, il Signor Grandet, ricchissimo e avaro, schiavo del suo attaccamento al denaro ed Eugenie appunto, schiava invece del suo sogno d’amore.

Classici

Eugenie Grandet

Nei racconti di questa raccolta, Balzac delinea due quadri della società francese ambientati in epoca napoleonica: il 20 ottobre 1799 per «L'albergo rosso» e i mesi seguenti alla battaglia di Wagram del 5-6 luglio 1809 per «La pace coniugale». I personaggi che muovono l'azione narrativa sono militari a contatto con dei civili ovvero, rappresentanti di due mondi che spesso rispondono a logiche differenti. Il primo racconto è un mistery: due giovani chirurghi e un comandante di guarnigione che non vuole lasciare impunito un omicidio da un lato, e un imprenditore in fuga e un oste dall'altro. Trait-d'union e narratore, un ricco imprenditore tedesco al tempo dei fatti in prigione per essere caduto in un'imboscata dei francesi. Storia romantica «La pace coniugale»: alti ufficiali dell'esercito francese, veri e propri sex symbol dell'epoca, e tante belle e ricche donne, alcune delle quali giovani vedove, a una festa nel momento in cui l'impero francese raggiunge il suo apogeo. Occasione per Balzac di mettere in scena un vero e proprio studio del comportamento umano, maschile e femminile, in cui le parole spesso dicono l'opposto di quanto dichiarano e i comportamenti sono l'unica verità.

L'albergo rosso

Il Colonnello Chabert è un breve romanzo scritto nel 1835 da Honoré de Balzac. Fa parte del progetto della Commedia umana, in particolare della sezione Scene della vita privata. Nel 1817, dieci anni dopo la battaglia di Eylau, che vedeva contrapposte la fazione francese e quella prussiana, il colonnello Hyacinthe Chabert, soldato della Grande Armata creduto morto ma in realtà rimasto sepolto vivo sotto i cadaveri, deve affrontare i disagi di un ritorno a casa nella Parigi della Restaurazione. Lì trova la moglie sposata con un altro uomo, il conte Ferraud, e i suoi beni usurpati.

Il colonnello Chabert

La borsa (La Bourse) è una novella del romanziere francese Honoré de Balzac, quarta opera delle Scene di vita privata (Scènes de la vie privée), il primo dei vari cicli narrativi che compongono l'ambiziosa serie de La Comédie humaine. Pubblicata appunto nel ciclo delle Scene di vita privata dall'editore Mame-Delaunay nel 1832, per le edizioni successive dell'opera realizzate da Béchet nel 1835 e da Charpentier nel 1839, l'opera venne invece collocata nelle Scene di vita parigina (Scènes de la vie parisienne). L'opera fu tuttavia reinserita nelle Scènes de la vie privée quando Furne realizzò la quarta e ultima edizione nel 1842; questa versione della novella, pesantemente revisionata, compariva come terza opera del primo volume de La Comédie humaine.

La borsa

"Goriot Baba'nın arkasında Shakespeare'in Kral Lear oyununun ruhu vardır." — Yavuz Ekinci Goriot Baba; dünya edebiyatının para, güç ve iktidar uğruna erdemlerinden vazgeçen insanların hikâyesini anlatan en tanınmış klasik eserlerinden biri. Kızları uğruna servetini, gücünü, onurunu bir kenara bırakan Goriot Baba; "sosyete"ye girmeyi tek amaç edinen Rastignac ve burjuva çağının Mephistopheles'i Vautrin'in kesişen yolları toplumsal bir eleştiri, dünyaya tutulan bir ayna…

Goriot Baba

"Goriot Baba'nın arkasında Shakespeare'in Kral Lear oyununun ruhu vardır." — Yavuz Ekinci Goriot Baba; dünya edebiyatının para, güç ve iktidar uğruna erdemlerinden vazgeçen insanların hikâyesini anlatan en tanınmış klasik eserlerinden biri. Kızları uğruna servetini, gücünü, onurunu bir kenara bırakan Goriot Baba; "sosyete"ye girmeyi tek amaç edinen Rastignac ve burjuva çağının Mephistopheles'i Vautrin'in kesişen yolları toplumsal bir eleştiri, dünyaya tutulan bir ayna…

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