Lost Illusions Paperback - 1976
by Honore De Balzac; Herbert J. Hunt (Translator); Introduction by Herbert J. Hunt
Lucien Chardon, a young poet trying to make a name for himself in Paris, is befriended by aristocratic patrons but finds himself relentlessly drawn to the low life of the big city.
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"Balzac [was] the master unequalled in the art of painting humanity as it exists in modern society," wrote George Sand. "He searched and dared everything."
Written between 1837 and 1843, Lost Illusions reveals, perhaps better than any other of Balzac's ninety-two novels, the nature and scope of his genius. The story of Lucien Chardon, a young poet from Angouleme who tries desperately to make a name for himself in Paris, is a brilliantly realistic and boldly satirical portrait of provincial manners and aristocratic life. Handsome and ambitious but naive, Lucien is patronized by the beau monde as represented by Madame de Bargeton and her cousin, the formidable Marquise d'Espard, only to be duped by them. Denied the social rank he thought would be his, Lucien discards his poetic aspirations and turns to hack journalism; his descent into Parisian low life ultimately leads to his own death. "Balzac was both a greedy child and an indefatigable observer of a greedy age, at once a fantastic and a genius, yet possessing a simple core of common sense," noted V. S. Pritchett, one of his several biographers. Another, Andre Maurois, concluded: "Balzac was by turns a saint, a criminal, an honest judge, a corrupt judge, a minister, a fob, a harlot, a duchess, and always a genius."
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- Title Lost Illusions
- Author Honore De Balzac; Herbert J. Hunt (Translator); Introduction by Herbert J. Hunt
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Pages 704
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date October 28, 1976
- ISBN 9780140442519 / 0140442510
- Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 7.72 x 5.24 x 1.25 in (19.61 x 13.31 x 3.18 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Cultural Region: French
- Cultural Region: Western Europe
- Library of Congress subjects France - Social life and customs - 19th, Poets, French
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 79029738
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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