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«Una delle più grandi tragedie della mia vita è stata la morte di Lucien de Rubempré. Un dolore che non sono ancora riuscito a superare.» (Oscar Wilde). Opera vastissima, dal fitto intreccio avventuroso, "Splendori e miserie delle cortigiane" prosegue la narrazione delle vicende di Lucien de Rubempré dopo i fatti raccontati in "Illusioni perdute". Il romanzo (uscito in quattro volumi tra il 1838 e il 1847) è dominato da due grandi figure dell'immaginario popolare: Esther, la cortigiana redenta dall'amore, e Herrera-Vautrin, l'ex forzato in lotta con la società, con il quale Lucien stringe un patto faustiano per conquistare fama e successo. Sullo sfondo, una Parigi inquietante, degradata, animata da una folla di personaggi vitale e grottesca, degna di un quadro di Bosch.
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- Pagine: 578
- Data di uscita: 07-03-2017
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[Original review, Sep 1 2020] What a strange book this is, a veritable crossroads of the French novel! I ordered a copy after seeing Michel Houllebecq recommend it several times in La possibilité d'une île , a novel which reprises one of the main themes in a cleverly inverted perspective. It's the seq Leggi tutto
There is a singular "textual pleasure" in reading Balzac, once you've acquired the taste. It's decadent. In this unofficial sequel to Lost Illusions, Balzac exercises his capacity to depict psychological tortures. Though I have not read the first novel in this sequence, the four parts of Harlot High Leggi tutto
I didn't find out until I was well into this book that it is actually part of a series, so I feel that I missed out on a deeper level of meaning that exists for people who read the books in order. That being said, it was still an engrossing read. It is the tragic love story of a beautiful prostitute Leggi tutto
Finally finished this novel about the Parisian underworld and police in 1830s Paris. The character Vautrin who has many aliases, Jacques Collins, the priest Carlos Herrera or Dodgedeath. Vautrin is perhaps the greatest villains of French literature. In short, when people say crime does not pay shoul Leggi tutto
The sequel to Illusions Perdues, Splendeurs et Misères des Courtisanes is a breath-taking story of intrigue and features one of literatures greatest villains of all time Vautrin at the height of his perfidy. It is a must read and one of the greatest books by the already splendid and prolific Balzac. Leggi tutto
Published in 1847, this work is ostensibly a continuation of Lost Illusions but could actually stand alone, especially since its focus is so centered on Paris as opposed to the largely provincial setting of its prequel. The Abbe Carlos Herrera, (also known as Trompe le Mort , Jacques Collin, Dodgedeat Leggi tutto
So Balzac's father added the "de". It was invented not inherited. Actually it the author himself, not his bourgeois father.Such utility is brought to bear in the two novels Lost Illusions and A Harlot High and Low. Both chronicle the verve of self-creation, first in Lost Illusions in a literary/jou
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