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Lost Illusions - (Modern Library Classics) by  Honor de Balzac (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Lost Illusions - (Modern Library Classics) by Honor de Balzac (Paperback)

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  • "Balzac [was] the master unequalled in the art of painting humanity as it exists in modern society," wrote George Sand.
  • About the Author: Richard Howard is a Pultizer-Prize winning poet and translator.
  • 752 Pages
  • Fiction, Classics
  • Series Name: Modern Library Classics

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"Balzac [was] the master unequalled in the art of painting humanity as it exists in modern society," wrote George Sand. "He searched and dared everything."

Written between 1837 and 1843, Lost Illusions reveals, perhaps better than any other of Balzac's ninety-two novels, the nature and scope of his genius. The story of Lucien Chardon, a young poet from Angoulême who tries desperately to make a name for himself in Paris, is a brilliantly realistic and boldly satirical portrait of provincial manners and aristocratic life. Handsome and ambitious but naïve, Lucien is patronized by the beau monde as represented by Madame de Bargeton and her cousin, the formidable Marquise d'Espard, only to be duped by them. Denied the social rank he thought would be his, Lucien discards his poetic aspirations and turns to hack journalism; his descent into Parisian low life ultimately leads to his own death.

"Balzac was both a greedy child and an indefatigable observer of a greedy age, at once a fantastic and a genius, yet possessing a simple core of common sense," noted V. S. Pritchett, one of his several biographers. Another, André Maurois, concluded: "Balzac was by turns a saint, a criminal, an honest judge, a corrupt judge, a minister, a fob, a harlot, a duchess, and always a genius."

This Modern Library edition presents the translation by Kathleen Raine.



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Richard Howard is a Pultizer-Prize winning poet and translator. He has translated Baudelaire, Stendhal, and Gide, among others. He lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.01 Inches (H) x 5.19 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.17 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 752
Genre: Fiction
Sub-Genre: Classics
Series Title: Modern Library Classics
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Honor de Balzac
Language: English
Street Date: November 13, 2001
TCIN: 93039194
UPC: 9780375757907
Item Number (DPCI): 247-06-9912
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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