Honoré de Balzac: The Duchesse of Langeais
The Duchesse of Langeais
Buch
- Indoeuropeanpublishing.com, 01/2024
- Einband: Gebunden
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9798889423874
- Bestellnummer: 11721962
- Umfang: 142 Seiten
- Gewicht: 345 g
- Maße: 229 x 152 mm
- Stärke: 13 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 5.1.2024
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La Duchesse de Langeais is an 1834 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) and included in the Scènes de la vie parisienne section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine.General Armand de Montriveau, a war hero, is enamored of Duchess Antoinette de Langeais, a coquettish, married noblewoman who invites him to a ball but ultimately refuses his sexual advances and then disappears. Assisted by the powerful group known as The Thirteen, who subscribe to an occult form of freemasonry, General Montriveau finds the duchess in a Spanish monastery of Discalced Carmelites under the name of Sister Theresa.
Dedicated to Franz Liszt, this portrait of a vain representative of the noble families of Faubourg Saint-Germain, was inspired by the Laure Junot with whom Balzac had a failed romance. (wikipedia. org)
About the author:
Honoré de Balzac born Honoré Balzac; (20 May 1799 - 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. His writing influenced many famous writers, including the novelists Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James, and filmmakers François Truffaut and Jacques Rivette. Many of Balzac's works have been made into films and continue to inspire other writers. James called him "really the father of us all."
An enthusiastic reader and independent thinker as a child, Balzac had trouble adapting to the teaching style of his grammar school. His willful nature caused trouble throughout his life and frustrated his ambitions to succeed in the world of business. When he finished school, Balzac was apprenticed in a law office, but he turned his back on the study of law after wearying of its inhumanity and banal routine. Before and during his career as a writer, he attempted to be a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician; he failed in all of these efforts. La Comédie Humaine reflects his real-life difficulties, and includes scenes from his own experience.
Balzac suffered from health problems throughout his life, possibly owing to his intense writing schedule. His relationship with his family was often strained by financial and personal drama, and he lost more than one friend over critical reviews. In 1850, Balzac married Ewelina Hańska (née Contessa Rzewuska), a Polish aristocrat and his longtime love. He died in Paris six months later. (wikipedia. org)
Biografie
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850): Der französische Schriftsteller gilt als Begründer des soziologischen Realismus. Mit seinem Hauptwerk, dem unvollendeten Zyklus 'La Comédie Humaine' versucht er in über 80 Bänden, die Gesellschaft seiner Zeit darzustellen. Balzac, am 20. Mai 1799 in Tours als Sohn eines Rechtsanwalts geboren, wandte sich allerdings erst nach dem Abbruch seines Jura-Studiums an der Pariser Sorbonne der Literatur zu. Zunächst verfasste er jedoch wenig erfolgreich unter verschiedenen Pseudonymen Romane. Ebenso scheiterte er als Verleger, mit seiner Druckerei ging er Bankrott. Erst sein historischer Roman 'La dernier Chouan' bringt 1829 den Durchbruch. Fünf Monate vor seinem Tod am 18. August 1850 heiratet Balzac Eveline Hanska, mit der er bereits viele Jahre Briefkontakt pflegte.Mehr von Honoré de Balzac
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