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Lost Illusions

Lost Illusions - Hardcover

by Honoré de Balzac
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Availability:In StockContributor:Honore de BalzacPublish date:2018-04-03Pages:508
Languages:EnglishPublisher:SMK BooksISBN-13:9781515436690ISBN-10:1515436691UPC:9781515436690Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Historical, ThrillersBook Topic:SuspenseSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.25 inchesWeight:2.01Product ID:SCH97Q4VZT

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.

Lost Illusions concerns Lucien de Rubempré, a young poet trying to make a name for himself, who becomes trapped in the morass of society's darkest contradiction.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:SMK BooksISBN-13:9781515436690ISBN-10:1515436691UPC:9781515436690Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Historical, ThrillersBook Topic:SuspenseSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.25 inchesWeight:2.01Product ID:SCH97Q4VZT
De Balzac, Honore: - Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was one of the most influential novelists in world literature and a central figure in the development of literary realism. Best known for La Comédie Humaine, his vast interconnected series of novels and stories depicting French society after the fall of Napoleon, Balzac created an unparalleled literary portrait of nineteenth-century social, political, and economic life.His work explored ambition, money, class, power, love, corruption, and human psychology with extraordinary depth and detail. Balzac's influence extended across European and world literature, shaping writers such as Charles Dickens, Émile Zola, Marcel Proust, Henry James, and Fyodor Dostoevsky. Lost Illusions is widely regarded as one of his greatest achievements and one of the defining novels of modern literary realism.
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