Balzac, Honore de
Lost Illusions
- ISBN 13:
- 9781517905439
- author:
- Balzac, Honore de
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 624
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 x 5.1 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Classics, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Lost Illusions is a sweeping narrative of corrupted idealism in a cynical urban milieu. Published between 1837 and 1843, this novel tells the story of Lucien de Rubempré, a talented young poet who leaves behind a scandalous provincial life for the city of Paris, where his artistic idealism slowly dissipates. Balzac's Comédie Humaine is a sprawling, interconnected fictional portrait of French society in the 1820s and 1830s. Lost Illusions explores themes such as the contrast between life in the provinces and the all-consuming world of Paris, the idealism of poets, the commodification of art, and the crushing burden of poverty and debt. This new annotated translation by Raymond N. MacKenzie captures the tone of Balzac's incomparable prose, guiding the modern reader through the labyrinth of his allusions.
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