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1842. La Comédie humaine Études de moeurs. Premier livre, Scènes de la vie privée Tome I. Premier volume de l'édition Furne 1842 Clémentine du Rouvre a épousé le comte Laginski, noble polonais. Elle découvre que depuis un bon moment, la fortune de sa maison est en fait gérée, secrètement, par un autre polonais, Paz, ami de son mari: la voici quasiment «mariée avec deux polonais». Clémentine et Paz se découvrent, mais Paz, par fidélité à son ami, s'invente une liaison avec Malaga, une écuyère de cirque.

1830. La Comédie humaine Études de moeurs. Premier livre, Scènes de la vie privée Tome II. Deuxième volume de l'édition Furne 1842 Lors d'une soirée , l'avoué Derville surprend une conversation entre la vicomtesse de Grandlieu et sa fille éprise d'un prétendant sans fortune. Afin de prévenir celleci d'une mauvaise aventure, l'avoué Derville raconte une histoire de jeunesse où, simple clerc, il fut témoin d'une transaction entre Gobseck, usurier hors du commun, et la comtesse de Restaud... JeanEsther Gobseck est un virtuose dans son domaine, il pratique l'usure comme on pratique un art. Dans ce portrait d'un de ses plus puissants personnages, Balzac écrit, là, son premier chef d'oeuvre.

1829. La Comédie humaine Études de moeurs. Premier livre, Scènes de la vie privée Tome I. Premier volume de l'édition Furne 1842 Drapier, monsieur Guillaume tient boutique à Paris. Il a deux filles à marier, et prévoit d'unir l'aînée, mademoiselle Virginie, à son premier commis. La cadette, mademoiselle Augustine, va s'éprendre d'un jeune artiste. Deux mariages, deux destins opposés. Dans ce roman placé en tête de La Comédie Humaine, Balzac traite plusieurs de ses thèmes favoris, les oppositions entre le passé et le présent, la vie d'artiste et la bourgeoisie, la prudence qui dure et la passion qui détruit.

1829. La Comédie humaine Études de moeurs. Premier livre, Scènes de la vie privée Tome I. Premier volume de l'édition Furne 1842 Au cours d'un grand bal, une belle inconnue attire les regards de deux jeunes séducteurs. Dans des jeux de salon, les intrigues se font et se défont tandis qu'une bague de grande valeur change à plusieurs reprises de propriétaire.

1832. La Comédie humaine Études de moeurs. Premier livre, Scènes de la vie privée Tome II. Deuxième volume de l'édition Furne 1842 Bien qu'écrite deux avant , cette nouvelle met en scène Mme de Beauséant, qui, abandonnée par son amant dans , s'est retirée dans son château de Normandie. La retraite de Mme de Beauséant va être troublée par la venue d'un jeune homme dont c'est le premier amour. Une des plus poétiques et dramatiques nouvelles de Balzac.

1842. La Comédie humaine Études de moeurs. Premier livre, Scènes de la vie privée Tome II. Deuxième volume de l'édition Furne 1842 est une nouvelle composite, formée de cinq récits distincts qui sont autant de fables, nouvelles dans la nouvelle. Balzac réunit ici tous ses personnages favoris: le baron de Nucingen, Eugène de Rastignac, Joseph Bridault, Émile Blondet, lord et lady Dudley et leur fille lady Barimore, Félicité des Touches (George Sand), qui reçoit tout ce monde dans l'intimité autour d'une bonne table, et où l'on trouve encore Delphine de Nucingen, la marquise d'Espard, la Diane de Maufrigneuse, le général de Montriveau, la comtesse de Sérisy.

1832. La Comédie humaine Études de moeurs. Premier livre, Scènes de la vie privée Tome I. Premier volume de l'édition Furne 1842 Hippolyte Schinner, jeune artiste peintre, fait une chute dans son atelier. Il se réveille entouré de ses deux voisines, madame de Rouville et sa fille, Adélaïde. Devenu habitué de leur maison, Hippolyte découvre leur vie de misère et rencontre d'étonnants personnages qui, tous les soirs, viennent perdre de l'argent au jeu. Un soir, Hippolyte oublie sa bourse. Adélaïde dit ne pas l'avoir trouvé, il doute de la moralité de ses deux voisines... Cette nouvelle de Balzac est une peinture de personnages vivant en huisclos, pour lesquels le temps semble s'être arrêté, mais également la peinture délicate d'un amour naissant, avec ses moments de joie, et de doute.

1838. La Comédie humaine Études de moeurs. Premier livre, Scènes de la vie privée Tome II. Deuxième volume de l'édition Furne 1842 Dans sa confortable maison parisienne, la jeune MarieAngélique de Vandenesse, mariée au comte Félix de Vandenesse, s'ennuie déjà. Elle rencontre Nathan, un jeune écrivain. Celuici pour être digne de sa brillante conquête, se lance dans des projets politicolittéraires. Mais ses affaires tournent mal, et pour le sauver, l'imprudente MarieAngélique souscrit des lettres de change...

1831. La Comédie humaine Études de moeurs. Premier livre, Scènes de la vie privée Tome I. Premier volume de l'édition Furne 1842 Qui est cette madame Firmiani pour laquelle le jeune Octave de Camps s'est ruiné ? Monsieur de Bourbonne, oncle d'Octave, monte à Paris pour découvrir qui est réellement cette femme dont la personnalité est controversée dans le tout Paris...

1830. La Comédie humaine Études de moeurs. Premier livre, Scènes de la vie privée Tome I. Premier volume de l'édition Furne 1842 Ginevra Piombo fait la connaissance de Luigi Porta, réfugié dans l'atelier d'un peintre chez qui elle prend des leçons. Luigi Porta a été blessé à Waterloo. Ginevra le secourt, le protège, et veut le présenter à sa famille. Mais elle découvre que les familles Piombo et Porta sont ennemies. Malgré le refus et les menaces de son père, elle épouse Porta pour le meilleur et pour le pire...

1830. La Comédie humaine Études de moeurs. Premier livre, Scènes de la vie privée Tome I. Premier volume de l'édition Furne 1842 Dans une rue sombre des alentours de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, vivent une mère et sa fille occupées à longueur de journée à des travaux de couture. Une de leur distraction est de regarder passer les hommes. Souvent, derrière un passant, la jeune fille rêve d'une idylle qui finit par arriver. Un jeune avocat épouse une jeune femme très religieuse. Mais avec les années, la religion se transforme en un rigorisme, une dévotion des plus étroites. Très vite, son mari en pleine réussite étouffe, et fuit cette vie étriquée. Deux histoires, deux vies parallèles dans ce roman où Balzac dénonce la bigoterie, et qui était initialement intitulé .

Les Chouans is an 1829 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) and included in the Scènes de la vie militaire section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Set in the French region of Brittany, the novel combines military history with a love story between the aristocratic Marie de Verneuil and the Chouan royalist Alphonse de Montauran. It takes place during the 1799 post-war uprising in Fougères. Balzac conceived the idea for the novel during a trip to Brittany arranged by a family friend in 1828. Intrigued by the people and atmosphere of the region, he began collecting notes and descriptions for later use. After publishing an Avertissement for the novel, he released three editions - each of them revised significantly.

Honoré de Balzac; born Honoré 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 Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James, and filmmakers François Truffaut and Jacques Rivette.

Honoré de Balzac; born Honoré 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 Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James, and filmmakers François Truffaut and Jacques Rivette.

La Cousine Bette is an 1846 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Set in mid-19th-century Paris, it tells the story of an unmarried middle-aged woman who plots the destruction of her extended family. Bette works with Valérie Marneffe, an unhappily married young lady, to seduce and torment a series of men. One of these is Baron Hector Hulot, husband to Bette's cousin Adeline. He sacrifices his family's fortune and good name to please Valérie, who leaves him for a well-off merchant named Crevel. The book is part of the Scènes de la vie parisienne section of Balzac's novel sequence La Comédie humaine ("The Human Comedy").

Honoré de Balzac; born Honoré 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 Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James, and filmmakers François Truffaut and Jacques Rivette.

Le Colonel Chabert is an 1832 novella by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850). It is included in his series of novels (or Roman-fleuve) known as La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy), which depicts and parodies French society in the period of the Restoration (1815-1830) and the July Monarchy (1830-1848). This novella, originally published in Le Constitutionnel, was adapted for six different motion pictures, including two silent films. Colonel Chabert marries Rose Chapotel, a prostitute. Colonel Chabert then becomes a French cavalry officer who is held in high esteem by Napoleon Bonaparte. After being severely wounded in the Battle of Eylau (1807), Chabert is recorded as dead and buried with other French casualties.

Honoré de Balzac; born Honoré 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 Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James, and filmmakers François Truffaut and Jacques Rivette.

Honoré de Balzac; born Honoré 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 Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James, and filmmakers François Truffaut and Jacques Rivette.

Ce document, écrit par Balzac à un moment où il avait du mal à vendre ses romans, se présente comme un mode d'emploi contre le vol et la tromperie. Il s'agit d'un livre de circonstance, dans un genre à la mode au XIXe siècle.

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Honoré de Balzac; born Honoré 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 Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James, and filmmakers François Truffaut and Jacques Rivette.

Honoré de Balzac; born Honoré 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 Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James, and filmmakers François Truffaut and Jacques Rivette.

Honoré de Balzac; born Honoré 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 Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James, and filmmakers François Truffaut and Jacques Rivette.

Honoré de Balzac; born Honoré 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 Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James, and filmmakers François Truffaut and Jacques Rivette.

Honoré de Balzac; born Honoré 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 Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James, and filmmakers François Truffaut and Jacques Rivette.