Petites Misères de la vie conjugale

La Comédie Humaine #89

by Honoré de Balzac

Balzac, presque en vacances, se promène en observateur amusé dans l’intimité des couples : dans cette suite de saynètes sur la vie conjugale, comparables aux caricatures de Daumier, il porte à son apogée le genre des « physiologies » (petits livres, généralement illustrés, qui proposent des études de mœurs traitées avec légèreté et humour).
Ici, quand Balzac décrit un tapis, il se contente d’un coup de plume : « le fond est en velours bleu, noir ou rouge, la couleur est, comme vous le verrez, parfaitement indifférente. » Car l’essentiel est de saisir sur le vif quelque chose de pittoresque, qui montre les petites mesquineries et les grandes déceptions du mariage bourgeois – tout en gardant toujours un rire généreux. C’est ainsi que Balzac met en scène deux types humains : d’un côté, Adolphe, l’homme bourgeois, se signale par une aridité mentale désespérante ; de l’autre, la femme (Caroline) est réduite à être l’un des « plus jolis joujoux que l’industrie sociale ait inventés ». Ensemble, les jeunes époux vont suivre pas à pas le chemin qui mène de la promesse de bonheur… aux « misères » du mariage. Car entre eux, les époux ne cessent jamais de faire l’expérience de l’incompréhension. Balzac, lui, se contente de les trahir à chaque page, et l’équivoque du narrateur (à défaut d’impartialité) lui permet de pouvoir délicieusement compter les points dans la guerre des sexes.

Genres: France, Classics, Fiction, French Literature, Novels, Literature, 19th Century

284 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1846

About the author

French writer Honoré de Balzac (born Honoré Balzac), a founder of the realist school of fiction, portrayed the panorama of society in a body of works, known collectively as La comédie humaine .

Honoré de Balzac authored 19th-century novels and plays. After the fall of Napoléon in 1815, his magnum opus, a sequence of almost a hundred novels and plays, entitled, presents life in the years.

Due to keen observation of fine detail and unfiltered representation, European literature regards Balzac. He features renowned multifaceted, even complex, morally ambiguous, full lesser characters. Character well imbues inanimate objects; the city of Paris, a backdrop, takes on many qualities. He influenced many famous authors, including the novelists Marcel Proust, Émile Zola, Charles John Huffam Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Henry James, and Jack Kerouac as well as important philosophers, such as Friedrich Engels. Many works of Balzac, made into films, continue to inspire.

An enthusiastic reader and independent thinker as a child, Balzac adapted with trouble to the teaching style of his grammar. His willful nature caused trouble throughout his life and frustrated his ambitions to succeed in the world of business. Balzac finished, and people then apprenticed him as a legal clerk, but after wearying of banal routine, he turned his back on law. He attempted a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician before and during his career. He failed in these efforts From his own experience, he reflects life difficulties and includes scenes.

Possibly due to his intense schedule and from health problems, Balzac suffered throughout his life. Financial and personal drama often strained his relationship with his family, and he lost more than one friend over critical reviews. In 1850, he married Ewelina Hańska, his longtime paramour; five months later, he passed away.

Reviews

[Ali Salehi · Rating 2 out of 5]

به تازگی دچار یه بحران روانی شدم که هیچی بهم لذت نمیده.
نه خوانش بالزاک
نه درس خوندن
نه گودریدز اومدن
نه بیرون رفتن
نه موسیقی گوش کردن
هیچی

[sadra jan · Rating 1 out of 5]

به چِرتی و مزخرفی هرچه تمام تر🤮🤮🤮

[Marzieh Khoddam Hosseini · Rating 3 out of 5]

کتابی بود که خیلی خلاصه ی ناکافی و نامناسبی بود از یک اثر خوب و عالی که بخاطر خلاصه کردن و کوتاه کردن کتاب و کم حجم شدن آن از مطرح کردن اصل داستان به خوبی و آنطور که لازم بود، زده بودند. و این تکه پاره کردن کتاب در جای جایِ کتاب قابل مشاهده و لمس بود.
و در جواب سخن ناشر کتاب که گفته: خواندن گزیده ای از آثار به مراتب بهتر از نخواندن آنهاست باید گفت که نخواندن آثار خیلی بهتر از خواندن خلاصه ایست که منجر به نفهمیدن یا کژفهمی از آثار می شود.

[Tempo de Ler · Rating 4 out of 5]

O senhor que exclama tantas vezes: “Não sei o que tem a minha mulher!...”, há de beijar esta página de filosofia transcendente, pois achará aqui a chave do carácter de todas as mulheres!... Agora, conhecê-las tão bem como eu as conheço, nem por isso seria conhecê-las a fundo: pois se elas não se conhecem a si próprias! Porque até Deus, e ninguém o ignora, se enganou a respeito da única com quem teve de lidar e se dera ao trabalho de fazer.

Pequenas Misérias da Vida Conjugal é miseravelmente cómico.

Damos por nós a acompanhar, através das animadas e afiadas palavras de Balzac, Adolphe e Caroline desde a felicidade de um matrimónio recente até à completa indulgência e desinteresse, passando pelas diferentes fases de desilusão e conflito que aí conduziram. Passei rapidamente pelo livro quase sem dar por ele, genuinamente divertida com as peripécias pintadas pelo autor, mas sem perder de vista a tragédia verdadeiramente retratada.

[Mohade$eh · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF 😧
تا وسطای فصل چهار پیش رفتم و تسلیم شدم. ترجمه فوق العاده اذیتم کرد و تعجب کردم که چنین کتابی برای نشر ققنوسه!!! جمله های بسیار طولانی، فعل پشت فعل پشت فعل... گاهی واقعا انگار باید معما حل می کردم تا متوجه جملات کیلومتری کتاب بشم! شاید برای همین هم از داستان لذتی نبردم و رهاش کردم.

[Bahman Bahman · Rating 2 out of 5]

کارولین، که پیش از این غزال زیبا و جواهر گران‌بهای شما بود و حالا تبدیل شده فقط به زنِ شما، هنگام گردش در خیابان بیش از پیش خود را به بازویتان می‌چسباند یا، برعکس، فکر می‌کند اگر دست در بازویتان نیندازد، باوقارتر جلوه خواهد کرد؛ یا، به مردهای کم و بیش جوان و کم و بیش خوش لباس توجه می‌کند، در حالی که سابق بر این هیچ مرد دیگری را نمی‌دید. حتی زمانی که بلوار سیاه از کلاه‌های مردانه بود و بیش از هر صدایی، صدای ضربه پوتین‌های آقایان کف خیابان شنیده می‌شد؛ یا، زمانی که به خانه می‌آیید، می‌گوید: «کسی نیست، موسیو آمده!» در حالی که پیش از این با حالت، نگاه یا لحنی که موجب می‌شد کسانی که دوستش دارند با خود بگویند: بالاخره یک آدم خوشبخت دیدیم، می‌گفت: «آه! آدولف است!»

این فریادِ از سر شادی زنان در دو حالت شنیده می‌شود: یکی زمانی که صادقانه رفتار می‌کنند، دیگری زمانی که با گفتن جمله‌ای مثل «آه! آدولف است!» قصد ریاکاری و چاپلوسی دارند. وقتی زنتان می‌گوید: «کسی نیست، موسیو آمده!» به آن معناست که او دیگر تصمیم ندارد مرحمت کرده و نمایش بازی کند؛ یا، اگر دیرتر از ساعت معمول به خانه بیایید (مثلاً یازده یا دوازده شب)، زنتان... در حال خروپف کردن است! چه علامت زشتی!...

[Rita (the_bookthiefgirl) · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Esta é a história da mediocridade de todos os géneros, às quais faltou aquilo que os consagrados chamam a “felicidade”. Esta “felicidade” é a vontade, o trabalho contínuo, o desprezo da celebridade obtida facilmente, uma enorme instrução, e a paciência que por si só constituiria o génio.” ✨


Eça de Queiroz inspirou-se no seu adorado Balzac para a criação de obras literárias ímpares como “Crime do Padre Amaro” e “Primo Basílio”. Há a visão acutilante, cómica e observadora do comportamento humano de Balzac que também se transpõe na escrita de Eça.❤️

Neste grande capítulo da “Comédia Humana”, Balzac apresenta-nos a visão de dois tipos humanos: Aldophe, um burguês decrépito, arrogante e infiel; e a sua mulher Caroline, uma senhora caprichosa e dependente. Ambos os sexos são criticados por Balzac, que percorre o caminho tortuoso do casamento destes dois, desde as mais pequenas felicidades às pequenas (grandes) misérias.🌻

Balzac denuncia a incompreensão mútua, percorre a psicologia humana, o amor próprio e orgulho dos seres humanos, quando cada um se refugia no seu casulo, inacessível ao outro.💔

Apesar de este livro não me ter apreendido de todo, apreciei que alguns dos comportamentos conjugais descritos ainda perdurassem tantos anos após a escrita deste livro e que pudéssemos sempre aprender com a condição humana…🕰️

[Mohsen · Rating 1 out of 5]

کتاب قراره یک کتاب طنز در مورد روابط زن و شوهر باشه که انتظار داره آدم حتی شاید حکمت‌هایی هم قاطی این طنزها وجود داشته باشند. اما خب اصلا طنز خوبی نیست. شاید بخاطر اختلاف فرهنگی و عدم آشنایی من با زندگی طبقه مرفه در فرانسه باشه ولی بهرحال خواندنش لذت‌بخش نبود

[ankolod · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nie wiem czego się spodziewałam sięgając po książkę na temat heteroseksualnego małżeństwa, napisaną przez (wtedy) niezamężnego mężczyznę z XIX wieku. Trochę dokładnie tego ale z dobrym wspomnieniem „Ojca Goriot”, nie przemyślałam tej decyzji.

[Ysa · Rating 3 out of 5]

- ne pas le lire avec un regard féministe
- d'un point de vue historique, c'est intéressant
- l'écriture du XIXe ravit mon cœur

[Narjes Seghatoleslam · Rating 2 out of 5]

فلسفه زندگی زناشویی اونوره دوبالزاک
همان طور که نویسنده آخر داستان بیان می کند می توان به آن یک کتاب کمدی گفت؛ البته کمدی که از یک زاویه به مشکلات زندگی زناشویی نگریسته و قضاوت کرده و بیشتر در مورد عیب جویی، گیردادن و سخت راضی کردن خانم ها این بلاهای آسمانی بود. هر چند که شیوه نگارش برام جدید بود و از خواندن بخشهایی از کتاب خندیدم چون تا حدودی حق به نویسنده می دادم، ولی برام جالب نبود که همه مشکلات زندگی زناشویی را از چشم خانم ها دیده است و از یک زاویه دید مورد بررسی قرار داده است.

[Sadaf Sepehr · Rating 1 out of 5]

هیچ اثری از فلسفه یه مفهوم تو این کتاب نبود. شبیه روایتی دم‌دستی در جمعی دوستانه به نظر می‌رسید.

[Sérgio Filipe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Vael pela 2.ª parte, com afirmações muito mordazes

[Ali · Rating 5 out of 5]

جای جای کتاب برای‌ام لذت و خنده و شگفتی بود. نثر بسیار قوی بالزاک و ترجمه فوق العاده خانم فریس آبادی بسیار دلنشین بودند. بالزاک به معنای واقعی از زیست بورژوازی خود در نوشتن بهره برده و خب طبیعتا بهتر از هرکسی آن طبقه را می شناسد و زمانی که با چاقوی تیز و برنده اش سراغ نقد این جامعه و طبقه در فرانسه می رود و پوچی و بی فایدگی روابطشان را عیان می‌کند خواندش را برای من عیشی می‌کند مکرر...

[Classic reverie · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Little Miseries of Conjugal Life" was published three years after "Lost Illusions" 1843 and Balzac's "Physiologie du Mariage" was in 1829. "Physiologie du Mariage" was dull reading, I enjoyed "Little Miseries of Conjugal Life" so much more because it was concentrated on a married couple, Adolphe and Caroline. The first half is from the male perspective and the later part the female with regards to marriage. I bring up "Lost Illusions" because Adolphe has a kind of Lucien biography but quite different. Both looking to make their way in Paris with regards to written materials but Lucien was so desirable, whereas it seems depending on the viewer, Adolphe it depends. Caroline is no real beauty but neither is she the opposite. Their feelings at the start of the marriage and as they grow more accustomed to each other. Kind of depressing look at marriage but with some reality in it. Lol, Doctor Biachion is mentioned in this, treating Caroline.



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PETITES MISÈRES DE la vie conjugale was initially published in 1846. It is composed of thirty-seven chapters, published separately in various magazines and journals, offering a series of burlesque sketches centred in a young bourgeois household, belonging to Adolphe and Caroline.
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1. — As to your wife. Your wife is to inherit the property of a maternal uncle, a gouty old fellow whom she humors, nurses, caresses, and muffles up; to say nothing of her father’s fortune. Caroline has always adored her uncle, — her uncle who trotted her on his knee, her uncle who — her uncle whom — her uncle, in short,
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— whose property is estimated at two hundred thousand.
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“You can marry Caroline,” says Adolphe’s mother to your future son-in-law; “Caroline will be the sole heiress of her mother, of her uncle, and her grandfather.” 2. — As to yourself. You are also the heir of your maternal grandfather, a good old man whose possessions will surely fall to you, for he has grown imbecile, and
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is therefore incapable of making a will.
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III. — A dowry of three hundred thousand. IV. — Caroline’s only sister, a little dunce of twelve, a sickly child, who bids fair to fill an early grave. V. — Your own fortune, father-in-law (in certain kinds of society

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they say papa father-in-law) yielding an income of twenty thousand, and which will soon be increased by an inheritance. VI. — Your wife’s fortune, which will be increased by two inheritances — from her uncle and her grandfather.
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The majority of the relatives have had a word to say about this marriage. Those on the side of the bridegroom: “Adolphe has made a good thing of it.” Those on the side of the bride: “Caroline has made a splendid match. Adolphe is an only son, and
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will have an income of sixty thousand, some day or other!”
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Your wife also is an expectant mother! The news spreads like lightning, and your oldest college friend says to you laughingly: “Ah! so you are trying to increase the population again!” You have some hope in a consultation that is to take place to-morrow. You, kind-hearted man that you are, you turn red, you hope it is merely the dropsy; but the doctors
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confirm the arrival of a little last one! In such circumstances some timorous husbands go to the country or make a journey to Italy. In short, a strange confusion reigns in your household; both you and your wife are in a false position.
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Adolphe is looking to Madame de Fischtaminel, and Caroline finally finds a lover for herself, after finding her husband not too interested in herself.


The mother and the daughter are put to bed nine days apart. Caroline’s first child is a pale, cadaverous little girl that will not live. Her mother’s last child is a splendid boy, weighing twelve pounds, with two teeth and luxuriant hair.
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For sixteen years you have desired a son. This conjugal annoyance is the only one that makes you beside yourself with joy. For your rejuvenated wife has attained what must be called the Indian Summer of women; she nurses, she has a full breast of milk! Her complexion is fresh, her color is pure pink and white. In her forty- second year, she affects the young woman, buys little baby stockings, walks about followed by a nurse, embroiders caps and tries on the cunningest headdresses.

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GENERALLY SPEAKING, A young woman does not exhibit her true character till she has been married two or three years. She hides her faults, without intending it, in the midst of her first joys, of her first parties of pleasure.
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Your wife, the young lady in whom the first pleasures of life and love supplied the place of grace
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and wit, so arch, so animated, so vivacious, whose least movements spoke with delicious eloquence, has cast off, slowly, one by one, her natural artifices. At last you perceive the truth! You try to disbelieve it, you think yourself deceived; but no: Caroline lacks intellect, she is dull, she can neither joke nor reason, sometimes she has little tact. You are frightened. You find yourself forever obliged to lead this darling through the thorny paths, where you must perforce leave your self-esteem in tatters.
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You have already been annoyed several times by replies that, in society, were politely received: people have held their tongues instead of smiling; but you were certain that after your departure the women looked at each other and said: “Did you hear Madame Adolphe?” “Your little woman, she is — ” “A regular cabbage-head.” “How could he, who is certainly a man of sense, choose — ?” “He should educate, teach his wife, or make her hold her tongue.”
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She begins to think you are cross-grained, moody. The fact is, you are watching her, that’s all! In short, you keep her within a small circle of friends, for she has already embroiled you with people on whom your interests depended.

[Gláucia Renata · Rating 1 out of 5]

Publicado em 1846 faz parte dos Estudos Analíticos dentro da Comédia Humana.
Traz como personagens um casal, Carolina e Adolfo, e através dele Balzac pretende defender sua tese de como o casamento é uma barca furada. Divide-se em duas partes, sendo que na primeira traz a mulher como grande culpada e na segunda parte, o homem. Isso em teoria pois na prática mesmo na segunda parte a mulher é mostrada como a maior culpada.
Curioso, vindo de Balzac que passou muitos anos de sua vida tentando desposar Eveline Hanska. Ela que parecia se esquivar de assumir tal compromisso o que aconteceu apenas 3 meses antes da morte do autor.

Com esse título encerro a leitura desse monumento literário. Admirável como o autor conseguiu retratar de forma tão vívida esse período.



Histórico de leitura
13/07/2019

"Em um marido existe apenas um homem; numa mulher casada há um homem, um pai, uma mãe e uma mulher."

"Um amigo lhe fala sobre certa jovem: - Boa família, bem educada, bonita e trezentos mil francos em espécie. -"

[Nikolai · Rating 3 out of 5]

Приятния стил прави книгата много лека за четене, а верността на наблюденията я правят доста забавна. Пълно е с чудесни мисли, написани по прекрасен начин:

"Общо правило: Никой мъж не е открил начин да даде приятелски съвет на никоя жена, дори на своята."
"За да бъдете щастлив в семейството си, трябва или да сте гениален мъж, женен за нежна и умна жена, или по някаква случайност, която далеч не е така обикновена, както би могло да се предполага, да се окажете и двата кръгли глупаци."
"Когато предлагат на жената доводи вместо онова, което иска, малцина мъже се осмеляват да слязат до дъното на малката бездна, наречена сърце, за да измерят силата на бурята, която се надига там мигновено."

[Nc · Rating 4 out of 5]

مکر زنانه، از دیدگاه یک مرد. خواندنش خالی از لطف نیست هرچند تفاوت های فرهنگی وجود دارد
قواعد کلی برای یک زندگی مشترک که در تضاد با عنوان برای تمامی زندگی های مشترک صدق نمی کند.

[Bahar · Rating 4 out of 5]

در مجموع ارزش خواندن داشت. با مایه طنز شکل روتین زندگی های زناشویی رو و بالا و پایین ها رو خوب به تصویر کشیده بود.

[Lisalou · Rating 3 out of 5]

Little tedious at times but amusing also. Definitely a lesser work although you can see themes from other better works in it.

[Mariana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Talvez a melhor descrição da vida Conjugal já alguma vez feita (infelizmente).
Não recomendável para eternos românticos

[Vitani Days · Rating 5 out of 5]

Per prima cosa mi permetto di spendere due parole per la pregevole edizione. Per 9,90 euro, prezzo di un tascabile, abbiamo una bella edizione con bandelle, carta buona e un sacco di illustrazioni. Insomma, bella collana questa degli Editori Riuniti e bello anche l'intento e il risultato!
Ciò detto, veniamo ai contenuti: Balzac era geniale, me lo sono ripetuto non so quante volte nel corso della lettura. Troviamo qui la descrizione di un "matrimonio tipo" dell'alta borghesia francese di meta '800 (il libro è uscito nel 1846): Adolphe e Caroline sono il prototipo della coppia sposata per interesse più che per vero amore. Balzac si addentra nel matrimonio e nelle relazioni sociali che ne seguono, esaminando prima il lato "maschile" e poi quello "femminile". Ossia, prima sferzando le mogli e poi sferzando i mariti. Ne segue un ritratto eccezionale degli usi e costumi dei matrimoni "alti" dell'epoca, tra ricevimenti, amanti, corteggiamenti e interessi economici che prevalgono tristemente su tutto. E' impressionante come Balzac riesca tra l'altro ad addentrarsi non solo nei costumi sociali, ma anche nella mente dei mariti e delle mogli: lo fa con grandiosa ironia e lucidità (e c'è da piangere a pensare che certe cose, dai tempi di Socrate e Santippe, non sono cambiate proprio). Si ride e si ride tanto con questo bel volume (memorabile in particolare il capitolo sul "gesuitismo delle donne"), che pennella tra l'altro tutta l'ipocrisia e l'omertà della borghesia dell'epoca. Magistrale la conclusione, con Adolphe e Caroline ritenuti da tutti una coppia ideale e felice... peccato soltanto che, in realtà, a loro non interessi più niente l'uno dell'altra. Proprio la reciproca indifferenza è ciò che rende tollerabile, dopo tanti anni, un matrimonio voluto dalle famiglie d'origine. Dice Balzac che la relazione ideale è una relazione a quattro: "lui, lei, i rispettivi amanti". Allora un'esistenza così piena di maschere può diventare sopportabile. L'autore viene smentito da un suo amico, ma resta col dubbio e rivolge una velata accusa al sistema in cui si trova a vivere, in cui la vita è tutta un compromesso.
Un sistema che, probabilmente, è molto più simile a quello odierno di quanto si voglia credere. Un libro insomma ironicissimo e a tratti tagliente, consigliatissimo e pieno di verità. L'analisi di un matrimonio che nasconde l'analisi di una società e che non risparmia critiche a quella stessa società, critiche beninteso sempre allegre, sempre leggere come era Balzac, che lasciano un sorriso ma che portano anche a riflettere. Il tutto scritto con la mano del grande romanziere, che si nota in particolare nelle splendide pagine epistolari, e col suo particolare occhio sull'esistenza e sulla scrittura, a cui dedica alcune interessantissime righe.
Insomma, lettura consigliatissima!

[Maxime N. Georgel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Vous avez peut-être déjà visionné des épisodes de Scènes de ménage, Un gars une fille ou Kaamelott ? Ces séries télévisées ont pour point commun de jouer dans tous ou certains de leurs épisodes sur le comique qu’engendre le mariage. Un couple, à l’inverse d’une paire, regroupe des opposés ou du moins des différents et cette asymétrie, tantôt dans un sens, tantôt dans l’autre, crée un mouvement de balancier dans les relations qu’illustrent avec humour ces séries.

Les Petites misères de la vie conjugale de Balzac sont comme leur ancêtre. De brefs chapitres, 2 à 7 pages environ, qui s’arrêtent chacun sur une « misère » du mariage, subie par l’un ou l’autre, infligée par l’un ou l’autre du couple. On les imagine merveilleusement bien sur le petit écran. Balzac, qui vit dans un siècle grand consommateur de régimes politiques (monarchies, empires, républiques…), use des analogies de la vie de la cité pour évoquer la vie de la famille. Il voit dans le mariage des coups d’État, des 18 brumaire, des alternances de gouvernance. De Balzac à Kaamelott, cette asymétrie du couple a fait rire. Et, quoi qu’on tente de l’effacer de nos jours, elle est si intime à ce qu’est l’homme qu’on peut se rassurer : elle amusera encore nos petits enfants.

Source de tout bonheur, amoureux Androgyne,
Jamais je ne discours de ta sainte origine
Que, ravi, je n’admire en quelle sorte alors
D’un corps Dieu fit deux corps, puis de deux corps un corps.

Guillaume de Sallustre dit Du Bartas (1544-1590), poète réformé.

Note : La notion de « Lune de miel » semblait nouvelle pour Balzac et importée d’Angleterre.

[Charlotte Eva · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Paris est une ville qui se montre quasi nue à toute heure, une ville essentiellement courtisane et sans chasteté. Pour qu'une existence y ait de la pudeur, elle doit posséder cent mille francs de rente. Les vertus y sont plus chères que les vices". P.65.

"Voici ce qui soutient les théâtres : les femmes y sont un spectacle avant et après la pièce (...) il faut être remarqué. Or, une femme et son mari son peu regardés. Caroline a le chagrin de voir la salle toujours préoccupée des femmes qui ne sont pas avec leurs maris, des femmes excentriques. Or, le faible loyer qu'elle touche de ses efforts, de ses toilettes et de ses poses, ne compensant guère à ses yeux la fatigue, la dépense et l'ennui, bientôt il en est du spectacle comme de la bonne chère: la bonne cuisine la faisait engraisser, le théâtre la fait jaunir". P.23

[Ana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Creí que nunca volvería a leer un Balzac después del Pere Goriot, pero este libro me reconcilió con él. Me encantó el humor con el que es llevado un tema que parece tan banal, el matrimonio.
Me imagino que la idea de Balzac nunca fue hacer un libro feminista, y tal vez no lo sea, pero para mí si lo es. Porque recuerda lo que la mujer ha ganado con el simple hecho de entrar al mundo del trabajo. Pues desde el momento que se vuelve independiente económicamente, se revaloriza a ella misma y quizás hasta los problemas conyugales sean menos.

[E. M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,5 ⭐️
J’ai ris! Je ne m’attendais pas à apprécier Balzac comme je l’ai apprécié pendant cette lecture courte , très agréable et drôle à lire.
Cette petite novella m’a donnée l’envie de découvrir Balzac de nouveau

[Ali Nourbakhsh · Rating 4 out of 5]

کتاب خیلی جالبی بود با توجه به کوتاه بودنش به نظرم باید خونده بشه مخصوصا آقایون باید بخوننش تا یکم متوجه تفاوت تفکر مردان و زنان بشن و بدونن خانم‌ها جور دیگه‌ای به مسائل نگاه می‌کنن و مدل فکریشون متفاوته، اینجوری احتمالا باعث بشه با دید بازتری ازدواج کنن، در کل کتاب خوبی بود.

[Zina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it! Simple, predictable but well written

[Amin Alizadeh]

:/
0 stars.

[Salzica Dimitrova · Rating 5 out of 5]

Шедьовър!!!