Lost Illusions
$41.37
- Paperback
752 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2001
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 |
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| 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 |
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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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