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Honorine
Honoré de Balzac
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"'This is your cell,' said he. 'You will sit there when you have to work with me, for you will not be tethered by a chain;' and he explained in detail the kind and duration of my employment with him. As I listened I felt that he was a great political teacher.
"It took me about a month to familiarize myself with people and things, to learn the duties of my new office, and accustom myself to the Count's methods. A secretary necessarily watches the man who makes use of him. That man's tastes, passions, temper, and manias become the subject of involuntary study. The union of their two minds is at once more and less than a marriage.
"During these months the Count and I reciprocally studied each other. I learned with astonishment that Comte Octave was but thirty-seven years old. The merely superficial peacefulness of his life and the propriety of his conduct were the outcome not solely of a deep sense . . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Toujours aussi bien écrit. L'argument est étonnant et donne une toute autre direction aux relations de couple.
Una mujer que amó, fue amada pero que por ello mismo ha sufrido. Alrededor de ella traición, perdón y amor incondicional.
Hace unos años me divertía leyendo los mismos libros que los personajes de mis lecturas. Llegué a Solo de Strindberg a través de Cărtărescu y he aquí un protagonista que pasa diez años leyendo La Comedia Humana de Balzac, fue demasiado para mí y claudiqué. Pero un Balzac cada tanto no hace mal, incl
Can anybody really have even been as naive as Honorine? Or as stupid as Octave? Doubtful, but this is Balzac. I felt sorry for the narrator's wife.
Historia de un adulterio con final tortuoso contado por un tercer personaje.
A small group of adults is sitting around chatting when the question arises: If a woman is unfaithful, is it the man's or the woman's fault? One of the men then tells the story of Honorine, how he came to know her and her story.
It never ceases to amaze me how authors have insight into the human cond
A difficult one from a modern perspective as it's dealing with a couple who would just be divorced today. Nevertheless, I think it makes an interesting point about the position of women in the period. Honorine longs to live independently and earn her own money but she is hopelessly naive, encouraged