Ce roman fait suite à Illusions Perdues. On y retrouve Lucien de Rubempré, « protégé » par un mystérieux personnage, l¿abbé Carlos Herrera, et lié à la belle Esther, une ancienne courtisane. Le pseudo-abbé veut, pour son protégé, une réussite mondaine éclatante dont il pourra jouir à travers lui. Pour atteindre ses fins il utilise sans scrupule l¿amour qüEsther porte à Lucien. Roman foisonnant d¿intrigues et de rebondissements, roman policier qui nous entraine dans les milieux du crime et de la prostitution, feuilleton populaire, critique sociale virulente, plaidoyer romantique pour la courtisane au grand c¿ur, Splendeurs et Misères occupe une place considérable dans l¿¿uvre de Balzac, qui a mis neuf ans à l¿écrire. On y rencontre la plupart des personnages de La Comédie Humaine.
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Höhe: 210 mm
Breite: 148 mm
Dicke: 22 mm
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978-2-38508-162-1 (9782385081621)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Honoré de Balzac was born into a family which aspired to achieve respectability through its industry and efforts. His father, born Bernard-François Balssa, was one of eleven children from an artisan family in Tarn, a region in the south of France. In 1760 he set off for Paris with only a Louis coin in his pocket, intent on improving his social standing; by 1776 he had become Secretary to the King's Council and a Freemason (he had also changed his name to the more noble sounding Balzac, his son later adding-without official recognition-the nobiliary particle: de). After the Reign of Terror (1793-94), François Balzac was despatched to Tours to coordinate supplies for the Army.
