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The Duchesse De Langeais

Honoré de Balzac

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .If there had been many dukes like the Duc de Laval, whose modesty made him worthy of the name he bore, the elder branch would have been as securely seated on the throne as the House of Hanover at this day.

In 1814 the noblesse of France were called upon to assert their superiority over the most aristocratic bourgeoisie in the most feminine of all countries, to take the lead in the most highly educated epoch the world had yet seen. And this was even more notably the case in 1820. The Faubourg Saint-Germain might very easily have led and amused the middle classes in days when people's heads were turned with distinctions, and art and science were all the rage. But the narrow-minded leaders of a time of great intellectual progress all of them detested art and science. They had not even the wit to present religion in attractive colours, though they needed its support. While Lamartine, Lamennais, Montalembert, and other writers were putting new life and elevation int. . . Read More

Community Reviews

This is one of the three novelettes that are grouped together as The History of the Thirteen, along with Ferragus: Chief of the Companions of Duty and The Girl with the Golden Eyes. The whole notion is that there is a secret society of wealthy gentlemen in Paris called The Thirteen which has powers

Calificación final: 5/5

Honore de Balzac fue un genio literario, definitivamente.
Esta pequeña novela de ese mundo que quiso crear y que quedó inconcluso “La comedia humana” es ejemplo de ello. Si has empezado a descubrir a Balzac este es un buen modo de ir empezando a leer y comprender su basta obra

Qui m'havia de dir a mi que aquest estiu llegiria Balzac. Si m'ho haguéssiu dit fa un parell de mesos hauria pensat que teníeu un cop de calor. Però aquí em teniu per parlar-vos d'una novel·la curta ambientada en els palaus de la noblesa francesa d'ara fa uns 200 anys, escrita pel seu principal cron

Schiava o regina d'autore

Ma cosa poteva aver fatto a Honoré, innamorato respinto, Claire Clemence Henriette Claudine de Maillé de La Tour -Landry, duchessa di Castries?
Certo la lunghezza del nome già era un tormento ma gli altri quali furono se lo costrinsero, dico lo costrinsero, a tramar vendet

نکته‌ی جالب توجه راجع‌به این داستان برام این بود که تمام مدت حس کردم نویسنده داره یه اتفاق واقعی رو بی‌طرفانه روایت می‌کنه و نمی‌خواد واضح نکته‌ یا پیامی رو پررنگ کنه؛
در عین حال، برداشتم از بعضی جملات این بود که نویسنده به عاشق شدن اعتقادی نداره و حتی مضر هم می‌دونه شاید!
اما بنظرم شورانگیزترین درام

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