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A harlot high and low : (Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes); / by Honoré de Balzac / translated and with an introduction by Rayner Heppenstall

By:

Balzac, Honore de, (1799-1850)

Contributor(s):

Heppenstall, Rayner

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Penguin classics, L232Publication details: Harmondsworth, : Penguin , c1970.Description: xiv, 13-554 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780140442328

Uniform titles:

Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes . English

Subject(s):

France -- -Social life and customs -- -19th century -- --Fiction

DDC classification:

FIC BAL

LOC classification:

PZ3.B22 Hap PQ2173

Summary: Handsome would-be poet Lucien Chardon is poor and naïve, but highly ambitious. Failing to make his name in his dull provincial hometown, he is taken up by a patroness, the captivating married woman Madame de Bargeton, and prepares to forge his way in the glamorous beau monde of Paris. But Lucien has entered a world far more dangerous than he realized, as Madame de Bargeton's reputation becomes compromised and the fickle, venomous denizens of the courts and salons conspire to keep him out of their ranks. Lucien eventually learns that, wherever he goes, talent counts for nothing in comparison to money, intrigue and unscrupulousness. Lost Illusions is one of the greatest novels in the rich procession of the Comédie humaine, Balzac's panoramic social and moral history of his times.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC BAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		043549

Handsome would-be poet Lucien Chardon is poor and naïve, but highly ambitious. Failing to make his name in his dull provincial hometown, he is taken up by a patroness, the captivating married woman Madame de Bargeton, and prepares to forge his way in the glamorous beau monde of Paris. But Lucien has entered a world far more dangerous than he realized, as Madame de Bargeton's reputation becomes compromised and the fickle, venomous denizens of the courts and salons conspire to keep him out of their ranks. Lucien eventually learns that, wherever he goes, talent counts for nothing in comparison to money, intrigue and unscrupulousness. Lost Illusions is one of the greatest novels in the rich procession of the Comédie humaine, Balzac's panoramic social and moral history of his times.

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