Eugenie Grandet

Fiction & Literature, Classics
Cover of the book Eugenie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac, Penguin Books Ltd
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Honoré de Balzac ISBN: 9780141913575
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication: December 2, 2004
Imprint: Penguin Language: English
Author: Honoré de Balzac
ISBN: 9780141913575
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication: December 2, 2004
Imprint: Penguin
Language: English

In a gloomy house in provincial Saumur lives the miser Grandet with his wife and daughter, Eugénie, whose lives are stifled and overshadowed by his obsession with gold. Guarding his piles of glittering treasures and his only child equally closely, he will let no one near them. But when the arrival of her handsome cousin, Charles, awakens Eugénie's own desires, her passion brings her into a violent collision with her father that results in tragedy for all. Eugénie Grandet is one of the earliest and finest works in Balzac's Comédie humaine cycle, his magnificent panorama of post-Revolutionary French life, which portrays a society consumed by the struggle to amass wealth and achieve power. Here Grandet embodies both the passionate pursuit of money, and the human cost of avarice.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In a gloomy house in provincial Saumur lives the miser Grandet with his wife and daughter, Eugénie, whose lives are stifled and overshadowed by his obsession with gold. Guarding his piles of glittering treasures and his only child equally closely, he will let no one near them. But when the arrival of her handsome cousin, Charles, awakens Eugénie's own desires, her passion brings her into a violent collision with her father that results in tragedy for all. Eugénie Grandet is one of the earliest and finest works in Balzac's Comédie humaine cycle, his magnificent panorama of post-Revolutionary French life, which portrays a society consumed by the struggle to amass wealth and achieve power. Here Grandet embodies both the passionate pursuit of money, and the human cost of avarice.

More books from Penguin Books Ltd

Cover of the book Magic Kitten: Classroom Chaos by Honoré de Balzac
Cover of the book A Friend for Life by Honoré de Balzac
Cover of the book Coach Your Team by Honoré de Balzac
Cover of the book The Canterbury Tales by Honoré de Balzac
Cover of the book The Christmas Books by Honoré de Balzac
Cover of the book Ramesses by Honoré de Balzac
Cover of the book Not Quite a Fairytale by Honoré de Balzac
Cover of the book A Curiosity of Doubts by Honoré de Balzac
Cover of the book The Complete English Poems by Honoré de Balzac
Cover of the book Pieces of You by Honoré de Balzac
Cover of the book Rapunzel - Read it yourself with Ladybird by Honoré de Balzac
Cover of the book The Turn of the Screw by Honoré de Balzac
Cover of the book Before the Rains by Honoré de Balzac
Cover of the book Spy Pups: Training School by Honoré de Balzac
Cover of the book Penguin Classics: The Catalogue by Honoré de Balzac
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy