Petty Troubles of Married Life, Second Part

by Nicholas Belfield Dennys

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91 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1846

Reviews

[Jim]

Balzac has written two books about marriage. The first, his The Physiology of Marriage proves once again that Balzac might be a great writer, but he is no essayist. In fact, he could be tedious to the extreme, such as in the philosophical passages of Louis Lambert. In his second book, The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Balzac thought to create a fictional married couple -- Adolphe and Caroline -- along with a cast of supporting characters. While it is not a novel, it is an amusing collection of incidents in a married life, both from the point of the husband and the wife.

Some day, I may return to The Physiology of Marriage, but only in small driblets between more interesting books.

I am second to no one in my admiration of Balzac's great fiction, but I must recognize has has created a few clinkers. Fortunately, Petty Troubles makes a good recovery and is quite spritely at times.

[Nikhil Silveira]

not as good as the first part, but maybe cos it's from the femmme's point of view. a decent read nevertheless as long as you have the patience to run with it.