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The Human Comedy and Other Short Novels: Melmoth Reconciled / Unconscious Comedians
Melmoth reconciled --
Unconscious comedians.
Unconscious comedians.
178 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1846
About the author
Honoré de Balzac
9,693 books4,449 followersFrench 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.
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.
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June 20, 2017
I love Balzac!!!!!
September 10, 2016
کمدی انسانی، مجموعه ی تمامی آثار بالزاک (حدود 90 اثر کوچک و بزرگ) است، در چندین جلد، از رمان و قصه و نمایش نامه و حتی نوشته های ناتمام بالزاک، مجموعه ای از تاریخ اجتماعی فرانسه ی قرن نوزدهم، در هیات شخصیت های مختلف اجتماعی، از طبقات، مشاغل و موقعیت های مختلف، از تاجر ورشکسته تا نظامی بازنشسته، جوان هایی تنها؛ بزه کار یا دانشجو تا خانواده های هفت هشت نفره، پدران، مادران، کارمندان، کارگران، زنان و مردان، روابطشان، مشکلات خانوادگی و اجتماعی شان و... در چند جلد تاریخ اجتماعی در فرم های ادبی... "کمدی انسانی" پاسخی ست زمینی به "کمدی الهی" دانته. بسیاری از شخصیت ها بالزاک در این مجموعه، نظیر "رستینیاک" (در باباگوریو)، "لوسین" (در اوهام از دست رفته) و "رافائل" (در چرم ساغری)، همانند "راسکولنیکف" داستایوسکی، فراموش ناشدنی اند. ساده دلان آرزومندی که به ندرت به موفقیتی دست می یابند (رستینیاک)، و اغلب انتهای استیصالشان به مرگی خواسته (رابمپره) یا ناخواسته (رافائل) ختم می شود. شخصیت های دیگر بالزاک، نظیر "گوریو"، "بت"، "آدلین"، "پکوئیتا"، "اوژنی"، "پاولین"، "شابرت"، "پل دو مانرویل" و... هم در طول تاریخ ادبیات دو قرن اخیر، بی رنگ نشده اند، و از زبان ها و قلم ها نیافتاده اند.
July 17, 2013
This reminds me of how important yet unassuming literature was at our home. Always great reads my mom had available at our fingers.
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