Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac - ISBN: 9780375757907
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Naive poet’s Parisian dreams crushed by ambition and societal greed.

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  • Paperback

    752 pages

  • Release Date

    15 November 2001

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Summary

“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 Angoulame who tries desperately to make a name for himself in Paris, is a brilliantly realistic and boldly satirical portrait o…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780375757907
ISBN-10:0375757902
Author:Honoré de Balzac, Kathleen Raine, Richard Howard
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Modern Library Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:752
Edition:New edition
Release Date:15 November 2001
Weight:601g
Dimensions:203mm x 132mm x 41mm
Series:Modern Library Classics
About The Author

Honoré de Balzac

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.

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