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Honor? de Balzac; born Honor? Balzac 20 May 1799 - 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Com?die humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Owing to his keen observation of detail... Read Full Overview

Letters of Two Brides by Honor de Balzac is an engaging epistolary novel that provides a profound exploration of two women's lives in early 19th-century France. The book unfolds through intimate letters exchanged between two close friends - Louise de Chaulieu and Ren e de... Read Full Overview

Honora de Balzac is considered the founder of social realism. Balzac was the first writer to write about the all social levels of the social scene in France. His vast collection of works encompasses the Restoration period and the July Monarchy. La Comedie Humaine was written... Read Full Overview

Ce roman reste n anmoins en marge de ceux qui constituent La Com die humaine dans la mesure o il est le seul roman pistolaire de Balzac. St nie, son premier roman, tait rest inachev ; quant au Lys dans la vall e, c'est essentiellement un r cit la premi re personne d guis... Read Full Overview

Elles sont deux, Ren e et Louise, qui, peine sorties du couvent, vont suivre des destin es contraires. Faut-il mettre de la passion dans le mariage ? Ou y chercher un bonheur raisonnable ? Derri re cette dispute, men e par correspondance, une lutte sourde oppose deux ambitions:... Read Full Overview

M moires de deux jeunes mari es est un roman pistolaire dont l'histoire se d roule entre 1823 et 1835. Elev es dans le m me couvent, deux heunes filles entament une corespondance dans laquelle elles se racontent leurs premiers pas dans la soci t et la vie. La premi re, Louise... Read Full Overview

M moires de deux jeunes mari es (Letters of Two Brides) is an epistolary novel by the French writer Honor de Balzac. It was serialized in the French newspaper La Presse in 1841 and published by Furne in 1842 as the first work in the second volume (Sc nes de la vie priv e,... Read Full Overview

M moires de deux jeunes mari es (Letters of Two Brides) is an epistolary novel by the French writer Honor de Balzac. It was serialized in the French newspaper La Presse in 1841 and published by Furne in 1842 as the first work in the second volume (Sc nes de la vie priv e,... Read Full Overview

Two girls emerge from a convent in order to marry and assume their places in post-Revolutionary French society. Louise is ruled by passion, Ren e by pragmatism, and the intimate details of their trials and triumphs are revealed through their correspondence. Letters of Two... Read Full Overview

Two girls emerge from a convent in order to marry and assume their places in post-Revolutionary French society. Louise is ruled by passion, Ren e by pragmatism, and the intimate details of their trials and triumphs are revealed through their correspondence. Letters of Two... Read Full Overview