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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140442324
ISBN-139780140442328
eBay Product ID (ePID)40770
Product Key Features
Book TitleHARLOT High and Low
Number of Pages560 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, General, Literary
Publication Year1970
GenreFiction
AuthorHonoré de Balzac
Book SeriesThe Human Comedy Ser.
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight18.3 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN70-022523
TitleLeadingA
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
SynopsisFinance, fashionable society, and the intrigues of the underworld and the police system form the heart of this powerful novel, which introduces the satanic genius Vautrin, one of the greatest villains in world literature. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators., Handsome would-be poet Lucien Chardon is poor and naive, but highly ambitious. Failing to make his name in his dull provincial hometown, he is taken up by a patroness, the captivating married woman Madame de Bargeton, and prepares to forge his way in the glamorous beau monde of Paris. But Lucien has entered a world far more dangerous than he realized, as Madame de Bargeton's reputation becomes compromised and the fickle, venomous denizens of the courts and salons conspire to keep him out of their ranks. Lucien eventually learns that, wherever he goes, talent counts for nothing in comparison to money, intrigue and unscrupulousness. Lost Illusions is one of the greatest novels in the rich procession of the Comedie humaine, Balzac's panoramic social and moral history of his times.
LC Classification NumberPQ2178
Bewertungen und Rezensionen
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- 30. Jul. 2019
A Masterpiece
Penguin Books offers the best translations of Balzac's books. This title is one of his greatest books ("Cousin Bette" is another masterpiece) and I have read it twice. If you are fascinated by this period in history and want to understand the social milieu, you won't find a better author. He understands people and what motivates them.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 21. Nov. 2018
Great de Balzac
Great De Balzac.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
