• Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac (1799 - 1850)

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Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac (1799 - 1850)

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  • Eugénie Grandet, first published in 1833, is one of Honoré de Balzac's finest novels, and one of the first works in what would become his large novel series titled La Comédie Humaine. Set in a provincial town in post-Revolutionary France, the story deals with money, avarice, love, and obsession. A wealthy old miser must manage the passion of his innocent daughter, who later has to navigate on her own the treacherous ways of a world in which money is "the only god." Balzac's meticulous use of psychological and physical detail influenced the development of 19th-century literary realism, in the hands of writers such as Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert, and Henry James. - Summary by Bruce Pirie
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  • Part 4

    Part 4
    Feb 16 2025
    43 mins
  • Part 2

    Part 2
    Feb 16 2025
    38 mins
  • Part 9

    Part 9
    Feb 16 2025
    34 mins

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