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A Drama on the Seashore
Honoré de Balzac
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That face was an emblem of long resignation, of the patience of a fisherman and his quiet ways. The man had a voice without harshness, kind lips, evidently no ambition, and something frail and puny about him. Any other sort of countenance would, at that moment, have jarred upon us.
"Where shall you sell your fish?"
"In the town."
"How much will they pay you for that lobster?"
"Fifteen sous."
"And the crab?"
"Twenty sous."
"Why so much difference between a lobster and a crab?"
"Monsieur, the crab is much more delicate eating. Besides, it's as malicious as a monkey, and it seldom lets you catch it."
"Will you let us buy the two for a hundred sous?" asked Pauline.
The man seemed petrified.
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Un drame au bord de la mer- Honoré de Balzac
✒️"La Bretagne. Ce pays n’est beau que pour les grandes âmes ; les gens sans cœur n’y vivraient pas ; il ne peut être habité que par des poètes ou par des bernicles. N’a-t-il pas fallu que l’entrepôt du sel se plaçât sur ce rocher pour qu’il fût habité. D
A bit overwrought, like the whole story of the putative narrator Louis Lambert. I think I prefer my Balzac to be a bit more analytical and ironic.
One of the shorter episodes in Balzac's Human Comedy. Truthfully, his longer works (in the Comedy) are generally the best. Nevertheless, this sad story of a couple's devotion to their son ruined by dissipation works well. The tragic story is narrated ably by the fisherman who accompanies Louis and P
Este livro de Honoré de Balzac, escrito em 1834, lê-se como quem lembra um sonho, ou como quem olha a paisagem pela janela embaciada num dia de chuva.Integrada originalmente na colecção de Balzac A Comédia Humana, esta é a história de um louco eremita com um passado misterioso, e de como o seu passa