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Honoré de Balzac est un maître du roman français, dont il a abordé plusieurs genres, du roman philosophique avec Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu au roman fantastique avec "La Peau de chagrin" ou encore au roman poétique avec "Le Lys dans la vallée". Il a surtout excellé dans la veine du réalisme, avec notamment "Le Père Goriot" et "Eugénie Grandet", mais il s'agit d'un réalisme visionnaire, que transcende la puissance de son imagination créatrice.

In the brutal Prussian winter of 1807, Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte’s Grande Armée suffered massive losses to the Russians in the Battle of Eylau. Many thousands died. Young Colonel Chabert falls heroically, his actions having turned the tide of the battle, but he is buried anonymously on the battlefield in a mass grave. Incredibly, he is alive, but severely injured, and digs himself out. On his eventual return to Paris, he finds his wife, the beautiful and ambitious Rosine, now remarried, and his fortune gone.

Impoverished young aristocrat Eugene de Rastignac is determined to climb the social ladder and impress himself on Parisian high society. While staying at the Maison Vauquer, a boarding house in Paris's rue Neuve-Sainte-Genevieve, he encounters Jean-Joachim Goriot, a retired vermicelli maker who has spent his entire fortune supporting his two daughters. The boarders strike up a friendship and Goriot learns of Rastignac's feelings for his daughter Delphine. He begins to see Rastignac as the ideal son-in-law, and the perfect substitute for Delphine's domineering husband. But Rastignac has other opportunities too....

The Bette referred to in this magnificent novel's title is Lisbeth Fischer, an excruciatingly cunning poor relation who both depends upon and nurses a terrible grudge against the family of her beautiful cousin, Adeline. That family is slowly being ruined by the uncontrollable sexual appetites of Adeline's husband, Baron Hulot - appetites that will, in time, give Cousin Bette opportunity to exact her vengeance.

Balzac’s universally loved novel explores the great theme of money and its effect on the human character. Old Goriot is a lodger at Madame Vauquer’s Parisian boarding house. At first, his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are reduced, he is gradually shunned. He moves into smaller and less desirable rooms in the house, and soon his only remaining visitors are two beautiful young women. The mystery as to who they are and what is happening to Goriot’s fortune involves several other boarders, including Rastignac, an ambitious youth who hopes to rise in society.

"The possession of power, no matter how enormous, does not bring the knowledge how to use it." Raphael, a failed writer, deep in debt, and unrequited in love, is about to take a suicidal plunge into the Seine River. Just in time, he discovers the "Magic Skin" in an antiquity shop. Its supernatural powers grant every wish but it extracts a terrible toll! This parable depicts the malaise of 19th century France.

Klassischer Humor, mit einem Augenzwinkern dargereicht in Form von Kurzgeschichte, Novelle oder Komödie! 10 Meisterwerke der Literatur! Mit dabei: Der gestohlene Kaktus (K. Capek), Die 1 Million Dollar Pfundnote, Adams Tagebuch (M. Twain), Die Nase (N. Gogol), Frauen sind eitel. Männer? Nie! (K.

The Mysterious Mansion by Honoré de Balzac is a gothic mystery set in the quiet French town of Vendôme, where a crumbling manor known as La Grande Bretêche hides a chilling secret. Told through the eyes of a curious traveler and an enigmatic innkeeper, the story slowly unravels a tale of betrayal, confinement, and a deadly silence that has haunted the abandoned estate for over a decade.

देव कोणाला दिसला आहे? संतमहंत मोठ्या विश्वासानं सांगतात की 'आम्ही पाहिला'! हे अनुभव व्यक्तिगत असतात. अशाच एका देवदुतानं पृथ्वीला भेट दिली आणि उसळत्या समुद्रात प्रवास करणाऱ्या काही प्रवाशांना त्यानं मृत्यूच्या दाढेतून बाहेर काढलं. त्या प्रसंगाची स्मृती म्हणून श्रद्धावान भक्तांनी त्याचं स्मारक उभारलं. कोण होता तो देवदूत? ऐका ओनोरे द बाल्झाकची कथा 'देवदुताची भेट' दीप्ती सिधये यांच्यासह.

Une femme, généreuse et belle comme un ange, soupçonnée d'adultère ; un jeune officier qui se lance dans la plus vaine et maladroite des enquêtes ; un agent de change égaré dans les affres de la passion ; une somme d'argent qu'on n'explique pas ; une société secrète (les Dévorants) dont les membres entendent exercer l'absolutisme de leur bon plaisir ; des duels, des assassinats, des suicides ; une évocation de Vidocq.

In modern society writing a letter, on paper, is almost unheard of. We all scribble notes and reminders but very rarely compose our thoughts in lengthy prose for another person to read. In this volume our talented authors bring us a plethora of narratives that centre themselves on how vital a few lines are to characters navigating through the twists and turns of a story.

സമൂഹജീവിതത്തിന്റെ വിവിധ തലങ്ങളെ യഥാതഥമായി ചിത്രീകരിക്കുന്നവയാണ് ബല്‍സാക്കിന്റെ രചനകള്‍. മനുഷ്യസമൂഹത്തെ...

Love has many forms, many needs. Some fall into the dark, into the shadows. Forbidden love has connotations of desire, of possession but also of matters far more unsavoury. It’s a delicate facet of love that our classic authors explain with careful words and superbly crafted narratives.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that are difficult to achieve elsewhere. The City of Lights may be one of the glories of the world but for those whose three score and ten have passed it is the final resting place for some of the very finest of literary talents.

In this volume our classic authors turn their words to the religion of Christianity. It’s a fascinating subject for our authors who can explore faith and belief in ways that we rarely subject ourselves to. Whatever your faith these stories raise questions and that are of interest to us all.

Within this decade are writers of incredible ability who are able to fashion gem-like stories that astonish our ears and brains across many genres; a literary culture that seems to endlessly build and create new paths for the restless human imagination to tread.

"Keyifli yaşamların sürdürülmüş olduğu bölgelerden derlenip, içleri fesat ve kıskanç olanlar için değil, yaşamdan zevk alabilen anlayışlı kişiler için Balsac tarafından gün ışığına çıkarılmış Tuhaf Öyküler...’' Honore de Balzac, 18321837 yılları arasında bu öykülere Contes Drolatiques adını vererek yayınladı. Balzac bu öykülerde, memleketi olan Touraine'e, onun inatçı ve sert insanlarına veda etmektedir sanki. Sönmüş Hayaller kitabındaki Rupembre gibi, ruhu henüz Paris kraterinin ateşiyle yanmadan, son bir kez, tanıdığı ve sevdiği yerleri öyküleriyle gezer.

"Keyifli yaşamların sürdürülmüş olduğu bölgelerden derlenip, içleri fesat ve kıskanç olanlar için değil, yaşamdan zevk alabilen anlayışlı kişiler için Balsac tarafından gün ışığına çıkarılmış Tuhaf Öyküler...’' Honore de Balzac, 18321837 yılları arasında bu öykülere Contes Drolatiques adını vererek yayınladı. Balzac bu öykülerde, memleketi olan Touraine'e, onun inatçı ve sert insanlarına veda etmektedir sanki. Sönmüş Hayaller kitabındaki Rupembre gibi, ruhu henüz Paris kraterinin ateşiyle yanmadan, son bir kez, tanıdığı ve sevdiği yerleri öyküleriyle gezer.

"Keyifli yaşamların sürdürülmüş olduğu bölgelerden derlenip, içleri fesat ve kıskanç olanlar için değil, yaşamdan zevk alabilen anlayışlı kişiler için Balsac tarafından gün ışığına çıkarılmış Tuhaf Öyküler...’' Honore de Balzac, 18321837 yılları arasında bu öykülere Contes Drolatiques adını vererek yayınladı. Balzac bu öykülerde, memleketi olan Touraine'e, onun inatçı ve sert insanlarına veda etmektedir sanki. Sönmüş Hayaller kitabındaki Rupembre gibi, ruhu henüz Paris kraterinin ateşiyle yanmadan, son bir kez, tanıdığı ve sevdiği yerleri öyküleriyle gezer.

Don Juan Belvideore, the young and spoiled son of the wealthy aristocrat Bartolammeo Belvidore, visits his father after being told that his father is on death bed by a maid. During this visit, the father tells his son about an elixir in one of his drawers and wants him to put on this liquid on his body after his death. This liquid shall turn him back to life and make him young again. Don Juan who does not follow his dad’s wish at the time, will wish the same thing from his own son.