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The Marriage Contract
Honoré de Balzac
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This is the nearest you can get to an "anti-love" story. The novella begins with suave man-of-the-world Henri de Marsay warning young Paul de Manerville that his desire to fall in love and get married is, in effect, a snare for fools.
Next we see Paul de Manerville romancing the lovely Creole beauty
Ο γάμος σαν μια προσπάθεια επιβολής των εκάστοτε συμφερόντων.Ο Μπαλζάκ καταπιάνεται με ένα ζήτημα που δεν χάνει ποτέ το στοιχείο του επίκαιρου.Ο πρωταγωνιστής μας Πολ , αδύναμος και ευαίσθητος χαρακτήρας άγεται και φέρεται από δύο γυναίκες που έχουν σαν στόχο τη προστασία της περιουσίας τους και των
Not the best Balzac by any metric, but an intriguing portrait of the business of love and the cottage industry involved with marriage contracts. There was a dearth of character here, it was largely legal philosophy, economics and the percolation of dialogue. I wanted more music and personal defect.
Αλλη μια φορα που η πανουργία της πεθεράς κυριαρχεί
Το Συμβόλαιο Γάμου είναι ένα βιβλίο που πρέπει να παλέψεις μαζί του και κανένας δε θα σε αδικήσει, αν η ηλικία σου, τα βιώματα σου, η αντίληψη σου και δεν έχεις σκεφτεί προσωπικά ποτέ την ηθική και τη φύση του έρωτα, σε οδηγήσουν να το αφήσεις στην άκρη, θεωρώντας το πληκτικό, ακαταλαβίστικο, ξεπερα
A strange, short narrative of the marriage of Paul de Monerville with Natalie Evangelista, a marriage he undertakes out of pure love, and without heeding the advice of his longtime friend, Henri de Marsay. Marriage, according to Marsay, represents 'the annoying, irritating, provoking, aggravating, s
"Γιατί η αγάπη που γεννιέται απ' τον πόθο είν' η ελπίδα. Η αγάπη που ακολουθεί μετά την ικανοποίηση του πόθου, αυτή είναι η πραγματικότητα."