by Honoré de Balzac · tapa dura · ISBN 9782874272837
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«Eugénie Grandet» is the novel by Honoré de Balzac, published by La renaissance du livre in hardback (160 pages, in French).
In Saumur, Eugénie Grandet lives under the avarice of her father, a former cooper who grew rich and dominates the house. The arrival of her cousin Charles, ruined and sent to the Indies, awakens in her a passion that clashes with paternal greed. Balzac portrays female oppression and the values of the provincial bourgeoisie of the 19th century.
It is part of «La Comédie humaine», in position 30 of the cycle. Edition from the collection «Les classiques de la littérature».
For readers of classic French fiction seeking a story of passion and avarice in the provinces.
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
