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Eugénie Grandet is a novel first published in 1833 by French author Honoré de Balzac.While he was writing it he conceived his ambitious project, La Comédie humaine, and almost immediately prepared a second edition, revising the names of some of the characters so that Eugénie Grandet then fitted into the section: Scenes from provincial life (Scènes de la vie de province) in the Comédie.
- Honoré de Balzac
- France
- 1833
- French
Eugénie Grandet, novel by Honoré de Balzac, first published in 1833 (revised edition, 1839). When Balzac later grouped many of his novels into schema in his multivolume La Comédie humaine (1834–37), Eugénie Grandet was included among the “scenes of provincial life” under the category “Studies of
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Eugénie Grandet is an 1833 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac, about miserliness and how it is bequeathed from the father to the daughter, Eugénie, through her unsatisfying love attachment with her cousin. Eugénie Grandet is set in the town of Saumur. Eugénie's father Felix is a former cooper who has become wealthy through both ...
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Mar 1, 2010 · The oldest inhabitants, wiser than their fellows, declared that the Grandets knew better than to let the property go out of the family, and that Mademoiselle Eugenie Grandet of Saumur would be married to the son of Monsieur Grandet of Paris, a wealthy wholesale wine-merchant.
Le début du roman aura été préalablement publié le 19 septembre 1833 dans L'Europe littéraire 1, sous le titre Eugénie Grandet, histoire de province. En 1843, dans l’édition Furne, Eugénie Grandet prend place, dans La Comédie humaine, entre Ursule Mirouët et Pierrette, dans le premier volume des Scènes de la vie de province.
- Étude de mœurs, Scènes de la vie de province
- Honoré de Balzac
- France
Nov 3, 2023 · Historical, Social, or Political Context. Eugenie Grandet reflects the socio-economic realities of 19th-century France. Balzac exposes the stark class divides and the corrupting influence of money during the post-revolutionary era. The novel also serves as a critique of the bourgeois society and the values associated with it.
Sep 29, 2021 · Eugénie Grandet: Directed by Marc Dugain. With Joséphine Japy, Olivier Gourmet, Valérie Bonneton, César Domboy. Felix Grandet reigns supreme in his modest house in Saumur where his wife and daughter Eugenie lead a distraction-free existence.
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