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An Episode under the Terror
Honoré de Balzac
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A short story by Honore de Balzac set in January 1793, the day after King Louis XIV was executed by guillotine. It is the first day of France becoming a Republic.
A short story by Honore de Balzac set in January 1793, the day after King Louis XIV was executed by guillotine. It is the first day of France becoming a Republic.
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There is a kind of want that is felt instinctively by those who know want. The man and his wife looked at one another, then at the elderly woman before them, and read the same thoughts in each other's eyes. That bit of gold was so plainly the last. Her hands shook a little as she held it out, looking at it sadly but ungrudgingly, as one who knows the full extent of the sacrifice. Hunger and penury had carved lines as easy to read in her face as the traces of asceticism and fear. There were vestiges of bygone splendor in her clothes. She was dressed in threadbare silk, a neat but well-worn mantle, and daintily mended lace,—in the rags of former grandeur, in short. The shopkeeper and his wife, drawn two ways by pity and self-interest, began by lulling their consciences with words.
"You seem very poorly, citoyenne——"
"Perhaps madame might like to take something," the wife broke in. . . . Read More
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Très beau et émouvant
UN ÉPISODE SOUS LA TERREUR-HONORÉ DE BALZAC
✒️"Tout était immense, mais petit ; pauvre, mais noble ;
profane et saint tout à la fois."
✒️"Le 22 janvier 1793, vers huit heures du soir, une vieille dame descendait, à Paris, l’éminence rapide qui finit devant l’église Saint-Laurent, dans le faubourg Sain
An interesting eighteen page short story involving both sides of the French Revolution. Two nuns and a priest are offered sanctuary and a place to hide by a mysterious stranger during the Reign of Terror under Robespiere which following the execution of Louis XVI. The identity of their benefactor is
Balzac. Always a completely satisfying read. Glad he sat down to write. What a pleasure reading his words.
A short, quick read even for me. The opening scene seems intended to fill the reader with fear, and Balzac does a pretty good job of it. I feel repetitious in saying the ending is filled with irony. This is too short, however, for a long review. It is quite good and worth the 45 minutes I spent. But
Publicado em 1831, esse conto abre o volume 12 da Comédia Humana e faz parte da subdivisão Estudos de Costumes - Cenas da Vida Política.
A ação se passa no ano de 1793 e inicia-se com uma senhora caminhando de forma furtiva pelas ruas mais sombrias de Paris, aparentemente sendo seguida. Estamos no an