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Lost Illusions is a trilogy, consisting of:
1.Two Poets
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2.A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
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3.Ève and David
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They are to be read in this order. There is little repeat of information as you pass from one book to the next. Originally published separately in 1837, 1839, and 1843, they are nowadays often collect ...more
1.Two Poets
( https://librivox.org/lost-illusions-t... )
2.A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
( https://librivox.org/lost-illusions-a... )
3.Ève and David
( https://librivox.org/lost-illusions-e... )
Note: links to the Librivox recordings are in parentheses.
They are to be read in this order. There is little repeat of information as you pass from one book to the next. Originally published separately in 1837, 1839, and 1843, they are nowadays often collect ...more
This is a serial novel written by the French writer Honoré de Balzac between 1837 and 1843. It consists of three parts, starting in provincial France, thereafter moving to Paris, and finally returning to the provinces. Thus it resembles another of Balzac’s greatest novels, La Rabouilleuse (The Black Sheep, 1842), in that it is set partly in Paris and partly in the provinces. It is, however, unique among the novels and short stories of La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy, 1799–1850) by virtue of
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