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Z. Marcas
Honoré de Balzac
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Juste, whom no one ever sought, and who never sought any one, was, at five-and-twenty, a great politician, a man with a wonderful aptitude for apprehending the correlation between remote history and the facts of the present and of the future. In 1831, he told me exactly what would and did happen—the murders, the conspiracies, the ascendency of the Jews, the difficulty of doing anything in France, the scarcity of talent in the higher circles, and the abundance of intellect in the lowest ranks, where the finest courage is smothered under cigar ashes.
What was to become of him? His parents wished him to be a doctor. But if he were a doctor, must he not wait twenty years for a practice? You know what he did? No? Well, he is a doctor; but he left France, he is in Asia. At this moment he is perhaps sinking under fatigue in a desert, or. . . Read More
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Z��phirin Marcas a la stature d'un homme d'��tat. Mais, il est pauvre et vient de la province. Pour trouver des appuis il offre ses services �� des hommes m��diocres qui l'exploitent sans vergogne jusqu'�� la mort. Balzac conte cette histoire tragique dans un style violent et sombre, qui lui donne u
Honoré de Balzac nous offre un aperçu fascinant du monde politique du XIXe siècle dans sa nouvelle "Z. Marcas". Cette histoire captivante explore la vie d'un homme humble, Jean-François Marcas, et ses aspirations à jouer un rôle important dans le jeu politique.
Balzac nous emmène dans le Paris politi
A genuinely sad story and a little gem of realism in the description of the lives of the two students. Short but perfect.
2.5 stars. A tale that tells what seems to be a universal truth about politics: it tends to ruin good men and women, alienate young people, and drive away the brightest minds who might make strong leaders or government officials. This isn’t Balzac’s best story, but it certainly gives strong insight
A disgraced politician in 1830’s France attempts to change the government while influencing a couple of college kids to make moves after their studies are over. Z. Marcus seemed deeply bitter and disillusioned; causing the two young men to not want to be a part of any cause anywhere.
According to this anecdotal tale by Balzac, there was little possibility for a young student, however brilliant, to break into government or the professions -- these being occupied under the July monarchy of Louis Philippe by middle-aged and elderly no-talents. Two students, one in medicine and one