Does not the death of a parent often overtake young people thus in the fulness of life, in the wild enjoyment of an orgy? Death is as unexpected in her caprices as a woman in her fancies, but more faithful—Death has never duped any one.
Notwithstanding his parole, he had to show himself every day to the sub-prefect. He was a Spanish grandee—neither more nor less. He had a name in os and dia, something like Bagos de Férédia. I wrote his name down in my books, ...
This hero of the lowlands, a forger and murderer, is also a sublime lover and a poet in his own way, who devotes his Titanic strengths and infernal imagination to the fortune of the man he adores: Lucien de Rubempré.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Jako dzieci jesteśmy naiwni, nie znamy niebezpieczeństw życia; doszedłszy do pewnego wieku spostrzegamy jego trudności i na ten widok odwaga często nas opuszcza; początkujący jeszcze w warsztacie społecznego ruchu podlegają odrętwieniu, ...
"Gratuler meg, jeg er simpelthen på vei til å bli et geni," uttalte Honoré de Balzac en gang, og det var neppe bare sagt i spøk.
Le Père Goriot
In this respect, love is much superior to marriage, it is proud of indiscreet sayings and doings. ... of the cure of a wounded self-love by arsenic, proves that, properly speaking, there are no petty troubles for women in married life.
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La obra maestra desconocida o El fracaso en el arte
Esta historia de una estatua que cobra vida ha servido de base a numerosos relatos posteriores, que la recogen de modo más ... Romano Germánico con el nombre de Carlos V. Su legado español procedía por herencia dinástica de sus padres, ...
»Es gibt keine Geheimnisse! ... Zugegen waren unter anderen sieben oder acht sehr adlige, sehr fromme und sehr gezierte Damen im Alter von dreißig bis fünfunddreißig Jahren. ... Der Kreis um Fräulein von La Mole war noch ziemlich groß.
Melmoth l'errante-Melmoth riconciliato
Reproduction of the original.
La Peau de chagrin: texte intégral suivi d'un dossier nouveau BAC
... JOSEPH CONRAD Heart of Darkness Lord Jim Nostromo The Secret Agent Typhoon and Other Stories Under Western Eyes Victory JULIO CORTAZAR Hopscotch Blow - Up and Other Stories We Love Glenda So Much and Other Tales ( in I vol . ) ...
(Literaturblatt des Komet 1844, Nr. 20.) Der Devinationsjäger. (Novelle. »Die Grenzboten«. 1845. III, Seite 361 – 375; ... Schief-Levinche mit seiner Kalle oder polnische Wirtschaft. (Ein komischer Roman nebst Vorrede von Isaak Bernays.
Reproduction of the original: The Commission in Lunacy by Honore de Balzac
He is named as an influence on writers including Emile Zola, Henry James, Charles Dickens, and Gustave Flaubert. The first novel he published under his own name was 'Les Chouans' in 1829.