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Eugenie Grandet

Author
Honore de Balzac
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
182 pages
ISBN
9781910660478
Published
15 January 2015
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Balzac
  • realism
  • France
  • French
  • historical
  • classics
  • thriller
  • novel
  • philosophical
  • psychological

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Description

Eugenie's father Felix is a former cooper who has become wealthy through both business ventures and inheritance. However, he is very miserly, and he, his wife, daughter and their servant Nanon live in a run-down old house which he is too miserly to repair. His banker des Grassins wishes Eugenie to marry his son Adolphe, and his lawyer Cruchot wishes Eugenie to marry his nephew President Cruchot des Bonfons, both parties eyeing the inheritance from Felix.

Author

Honore de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. Known for 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 multifaceted characters, who are morally ambiguous. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.

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