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Classic novel. According to Wikipedia: "Honore de Balzac (May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850) was a nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comedie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Julie D'Aiglemont: In my oppinion, Julie d'Aiglemont ressembles very much to Princess of Cleves (by Madame de Lafayette), and to Jeanne from Une vie (by Maupassant). A young woman, dreaming about a Prince Charming, marries a man who proves to be nothing that she imagined.
- Helene: Add a description of this character.
- Marquise
- Victor
- Lord Grenville
- Charles De Vandenesse
- M. De Vandenesse
- Arthur
- Mme
- Moina
- Pauline
- Gustave
- Gomez
- Louisa
- Abel
- De Wimphen
- M. D'aiglemont
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
It was a Sunday morning in the beginning of April 1813, a morning which gave promise of one of those bright days when Parisians, for the first time in the year, behold dry pavements underfoot and a cloudless sky overhead.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 13 of 26 in Comedie Humaine: Scenes from Private Life. (standard series)
Preceded by A Daughter of Eve, and followed by The Deserted Woman.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Honoré de Balzac (Author)
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