Series: La Comédie Humaine, Poor Relations, Études De Moeurs: Scènes De La Vie Parisienne , More

by Author Honoré De Balzac

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Cousin Pons (1978)

4.5 stars. I have jumped around quite a bit while reading Balzac’s The Human Comedy, starting with The Unknown Masterpiece and Gambara, and then going back to what is probably his best known work, Père Goriot. Last year was my year of Shakespeare. This is my year of Proust. I think that my next a...

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Cousin Bette (2002)

"... there is, in the ocean of generations, an Aphrodisian current whence every such Venus is born, all daughters of the same salt wave..."Can't say I'll be reading a long list of Balzac titles in my near-future. There is a longstanding tradition of the French bedroom farce out there, and while ...