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La Grenadiere

Honoré de Balzac

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Tours, has charms for every imagination, for the humblest and dullest as well as for the most impassioned and lofty. No one can dwell there without feeling that happiness is in the air, without a glimpse of all that is meant by a peaceful life without care or ambition. There is that in the air and the sound of the river that sets you dreaming; the sands have a language, and are joyous or dreary, golden or wan; and the owner of the vineyard may sit motionless amid perennial flowers and tempting fruit, and feel all the stir of the world about him.

If an Englishman takes the house for the summer, he is asked a thousand francs for six months, the produce of the vineyard not included. If the tenant wishes for the orchard fruit, the rent is doubled; for the vintage, it is doubled again. What can La Grenadiere be worth, you wonder; La Grenadiere, with its stone staircase, its beaten path and triple terrace, its two acres of vineyard, its flowering roses about the bal. . . Read More

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- Elizabeth (Alaska) - Oct 18, 2020

This is an early story by Balzac set near Tours where he was born. Balzac describes the area before introducing his characters. Not knowing French, it was interesting to me that La Grenadière is meant to refer to pomegranates, some of which were growing in the garden of the house of the same name in

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- Lucy - Sep 17, 2020

Five stars for scene-setting, 1 star for plot. Maybe this will change when I read the books that follow.

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- Felipe - Dec 31, 2019

Conto bem fraco. Abre com um cenário psicológico maravilhoso (especialmente para quem já esteve no vale do Loire). Contudo, conta uma história simples de uma forma grandiloquente, repetitiva, cheia de adjetivos desnecessários, diluindo qualquer impacto da narrativa. A única coisa que se salva são as

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