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The Human Comedy: Book 11
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Handsome would-be poet Lucien Chardon is poor and naive, but highly ambitious. Failing to make his name in his dull provincial hometown, he is taken up by a patroness, the captivating married woman Madame de Bargeton, and prepares to forge his way in the glamorous beau monde of Paris. But... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Lucien De Rubempre: Add a description of this character.
- Jacques Collin
- Mademoiselle Esther
- Corentin
- Monsieur Camusot
- Carlos Herrera
- Contenson
- Monsieur De Granville
- Madame De Serisy
- Madame Camusot
- Derville
- Monsieur Gault
- Georges
- Dodgedeath
- Lydia
- Madame Du Val-noble
- Theodore
- Clotilde
- Monsieur Le Baron
- Rastignac
- Hair
- Blondet
- Bixiou
- Diana
- Tillet
- Paccard
- Madeleine
- Coquart
- Leontine
- Amelia
- Madame Sechard
- Monsieur De Serisy
- Biffon
- Katt
- Mademoiselle De Grandlieu
- Madame La Duchesse
- Massol
- Monsieur De Rubempre
- Monsieur Le Comte
- Calvi
- Desplein
- Eugenie
Quotes edit
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“When whores write they express themselves with some taste and a display of fine feelings, well! society women who go in for taste and fine feelings all day long, write as whores behave.”
Setting & Locations edit
- Paris
- Asia
- Europe
- France
- Opera
- Taitbout
- Nanterre
- Spain
- Angouleme
- Bibi-lupin
- England
- Fontainebleau
- Madrid
- Baron Nucingen
- Toulon
- Saint Germain
- Italy
- London
- Bordeaux
- Vautrin
- Torpedo
- Saint Louis
- Louchard
- Valenciennes
- Providence
- Rabelais
- Indies
- Toledo
- Lousteau
- Versailles
- Count Serisy
First Sentence edit
In 1824, at last Opera ball, a number of maskers were taken with the good looks of a young man walking about the corridors and the crush-room, with the air of somebody waiting for a woman kept at home by unforeseen circumstances.
Table of Contents edit
Esther's Happiest Days
What Love May Cost an Old Man;
Where Evil Ways Lead
The Last Incarnation Of Vautrin
Series & Lists edit
This is book 11 of 21 in The Human Comedy. (standard series)
Preceded by The Lily of the Valley, and followed by Gobseck.
This book is in Penguin Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Honoré de Balzac (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 843.7
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