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Madame Firmiani
Honoré de Balzac
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A Woman: "Madame Firmiani? I don't wish you to visit her." This remark is rich in meanings. Madame Firmiani! dangerous woman! a siren! dresses well, has taste; gives other women sleepless nights. Your informant belongs to the genus Spiteful.
An Attache to an embassy: "Madame Firmiani? Isn't she from Antwerp? I saw her ten years ago in Rome; she was very handsome then." Individuals of the species Attache have a mania for talking in the style of Talleyrand. Their wit is often so refined that the point is imperceptible; they are like billiard-players who avoid hitting the ball with consummate dexterity. These individuals are usually taciturn, and when they talk it is only about Spain, Vienna, Italy, or Petersburg. Names of countries act like springs in their mind; press them, and . . . Read More
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More of a short story, and not one of Balzac's best. He likes to describe a striking incident; but there is no development of character, just the slow lifting of a curtain as in a tableau-vivant. Some of Balzac's shorter works are superlative, such as "The Atheist's Mass" and "The Unknown Masterpiec
HONORÉ DE BALZAC-MADAME FIRMIANI
✒"Nous avons seulement voulu constater qu’un homme intéressé à la connaître, sans vouloir ou pouvoir aller chez elle, aurait eu raison de la croire également veuve ou mariée, sotte ou spirituelle, vertueuse ou sans mœurs, riche ou pauvre, sensible ou sans âme, belle o
A mais fraca criação de Balzac que li até agora. Aparentemente, foi feito para apaziguar leitoras que reclamavam da maldade de suas personagens femininas. De fato, faltou jeito em um conto tão curto para trazer à vida uma mulher tão bondosa quanto Balzac pretendia que fosse sua Sra. Firmiani. Salva-
A short story, which took a bit of padding to get to 37 pages in this edition. The title character is the perfect woman, and Balzac adds so many charms and virtues to her that one can't help suspect he's satirizing here; the male character is also way more perfect than any real person. Perhaps he's