A short story ushering the reader into the violent and horrifying events that took place during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. The tale follows an old...
Facino Cane
The novella unfolds around a blind old man, Facino Cane who claims to be a descendant of the 14th century condottiere of the same name. The narrator meets Facino Cane at a...
Annette Et Le Criminel: Oeuvre Intégrale
tome (1-2)Balzac Honoré de – Annette et le criminel (tomes 1-2) (sous le pseudonyme d’Horace de St.-Aubin) : Après la censure que subit «Le Vicaire...
La Grenadière
La Grenadière est une ravissante et vieille maison en bord de Loire, à proximité de Tours. Madame Willemsens vient de la louer. Elle y vit retirée avec...
Eugenie Grandet
Eugenie's father Felix is a former cooper who has become wealthy through both business ventures and inheritance. However, he is very miserly, and he, his wife, daughter and their...
Beatrix
Béatrix is an 1839 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) and included in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence...
Father Goriot
Balzac's masterpiece novel follows lives of three central characters: the law student Eugene de Rastignac, a mysterious agitator named Vautrin, and an elderly retired...
La Bourse
Un jeune peintre prometteur fait une chute dans son atelier et se réveille dans les bras d'une ravissante inconnue, sa voisine. Mais cette idylle naissante est...
La Maison Du Chat-qui-pelote
Ce récit écrit en 1829 sera placé, plus tard, par Balzac en ouverture de La Comédie humaine ». On y retrouve la trame de ce que seront les romans...
Eugénie Grandet
Eugénie Grandet (1833) è uno dei romanzi più famosi di Balzac, probabilmente per la sua forza espressiva e la compostezza delle descrizione che lo rendono un...
