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The Hated Son

Honoré de Balzac

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. . .A presentiment of murder, joined to the fatigue of her efforts, overcame her last remaining strength. She was like a shipwrecked man who sinks, borne under by one last wave less furious than others he has vanquished. The bewildering pangs of her condition kept her from knowing the lapse of time. At the moment when she felt that, alone, without help, she was about to give birth to her child, and to all her other terrors was added that of the accidents to which her ignorance exposed her, the count appeared, without a sound that let her know of his arrival. The man was there, like a demon claiming at the close of a compact the soul that was sold to him. He muttered angrily at finding his wife's face uncovered; then after masking her carefully, he took her in his arms and laid her on the bed in her chamber.





CHAPTER II. THE BONESETTER

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Community Reviews

Bugün karşınıza çok büyük bir ismin, pek bilinmeyen eseriyle çıkıyorum. "Lanetli Çocuk" eseri Honoré de Balzac tarafından yazılmış olan, içerisinde aşk, ihanet, sevgi, intikam barındıran çok yönlü bir eserdir. Yasak aşk yaşayan bir kontes ve bir derebeyi ile başlayan olay örgüsü, kont ve kontes iliş

"Yaşamda biraz yol aldığımızda, mekanların ruh halleri üstünde gizli bir etki yarattığını öğreniriz.... insan ister mutlu olsun, isterse dertli, birlikte yaşadığı en küçük nesnelere bile bir yüz kazandırır; onları dinler, akıl alır, çünkü doğası gereği boşinançlıdır." Sf 13-14

"...çünkü genelde zorba

really, really dramatic...reminds me of romeo and juliet

Η ιστορία ξεκινάει στα 1591, σε μια εποχή όπου η Γαλλία συνταράσσεται από τις θρησκευτικές διαμάχες ανάμεσα στους Καθολικούς και τους Προτεστάντες, σε έναν μεσαιωνικό πύργο χτισμένο επάνω στη θάλασσα. Εκεί, η κόμισσα Jeanne d’Hérouville θα γεννήσει πρόωρα το πρώτο της παιδί, ένα αδύναμο, καχεκτικό α

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