Eugénie Grandet

by Honore de Balzac

Published December 1914

Depicting the fatal clash between material desires and the liberating power of human passions, Honore de Balzac's Eugenie Grandet is translated with an introduction by M.A. Crawford in Penguin Classics.

In a gloomy house in provincial Saumur, the miser Grandet lives with his wife and daughter, Eugenie, whose lives...

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Le Pere Goriot

by Honore de Balzac

Published 1 December 1960
This French realist novel contrasts the social progress of an impoverished but ambitious aristocrat with the tale of a father, whose obsessive love for his daughters leads to his personal and financial ruin.
This concise supplement to Honore De Balzac's Pere Goriot helps students understand the overall structure...Read more

Les paysans

by Honore de Balzac

Published 25 July 1975

Cousin Pons

by Honore de Balzac

Published 1 December 1962
Mild, harmless and ugly to behold, the impoverished Pons is an ageing musician whose brief fame has fallen to nothing. Living a placid Parisian life as a bachelor in a shared apartment with his friend Schmucke, he maintains only two passions: a devotion to fine dining in the company...Read more

La cousine Bette

by Honore de Balzac

Published 1 May 1973

La femme de trente ans

by Honore de Balzac

Published 1 January 1978

Illusions Perdues

by Honore de Balzac

Published 1 May 1973

La Peau de Chagrin

by Honore de Balzac

Published 1 February 1978

La Rabouilleuse

by Honore de Balzac

Published 1 December 1960

Le Lys Dans La Vallee

by Honore de Balzac

Published 1 December 1965