Eugénie Grandet. Femeia la treizeci de ani

by Honoré de Balzac

„Eugénie Grandet" propune - prin intermediul personajului tatălui eroinei, Felix Grandet - unul dintre cele mai reuşite portrete ale unui caracter de avar (zgârcit) din istoria literaturii. Publicat în 1833, „Eugénie Grandet" a fost primul roman cu adevărat bine vândut al lui Balzac. Povestea tinerei care moşteneşte zgârcenia tatălui său şi a legăturii sale amoroase eşuate cu vărul ei a devenit şi unul dintre cele mai aclamate de critică titluri ale carierei lui Balzac, intrând definitiv în canonul literaturii occidentale. Ca de obicei la Balzac, toate personajele sunt strălucit conturate, mai ales cei doi Grandet - tatăl şi fiica. Autorul a conceput marele său proiect, „Comedia Umană", chiar în timp ce scria
„Eugénie Grandet", şi a inclus cartea în giganticul ansamblu, modificând numele câtorva dintre personaje la a doua ediţie.

Adâncurile sufletului feminin

La rândul său, „Femeia la treizeci de ani" reprezintă unul dintre cele mai realizate studii ale psihologiei feminine făcut vreodată. Contrar a ceea ce se crede de obicei - cartea e mai mult citată, prin titlu, decât citită -, romanul urmăreşte toate vârstele importante ale unei femei, de la adolescenţă până la bătrâneţe, „La treizeci de ani" fiind doar o secţiune din volum.

Pentru aceasta, Balzac şi-a unificat mai multe texte scrise disparat (dezordinea stilistică este un punct slab al cărţii, dar aceasta este o caracteristică a scrisului balzacian, suplinită de magistrala observaţie psihologică şi caracterologică a autorului, neegalată în literatura universală), considerându-le stadii ale evoluţiei, la diferite vârste, a marchizei d'Aiglemont.

378 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2011

About the author

French writer Honoré de Balzac (born Honoré Balzac), a founder of the realist school of fiction, portrayed the panorama of society in a body of works, known collectively as La comédie humaine .

Honoré de Balzac authored 19th-century novels and plays. After the fall of Napoléon in 1815, his magnum opus, a sequence of almost a hundred novels and plays, entitled, presents life in the years.

Due to keen observation of fine detail and unfiltered representation, European literature regards Balzac. He features renowned multifaceted, even complex, morally ambiguous, full lesser characters. Character well imbues inanimate objects; the city of Paris, a backdrop, takes on many qualities. He influenced many famous authors, including the novelists Marcel Proust, Émile Zola, Charles John Huffam Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Henry James, and Jack Kerouac as well as important philosophers, such as Friedrich Engels. Many works of Balzac, made into films, continue to inspire.

An enthusiastic reader and independent thinker as a child, Balzac adapted with trouble to the teaching style of his grammar. His willful nature caused trouble throughout his life and frustrated his ambitions to succeed in the world of business. Balzac finished, and people then apprenticed him as a legal clerk, but after wearying of banal routine, he turned his back on law. He attempted a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician before and during his career. He failed in these efforts From his own experience, he reflects life difficulties and includes scenes.

Possibly due to his intense schedule and from health problems, Balzac suffered throughout his life. Financial and personal drama often strained his relationship with his family, and he lost more than one friend over critical reviews. In 1850, he married Ewelina Hańska, his longtime paramour; five months later, he passed away.

Reviews

[Enikő · Rating 3 out of 5]

Une belle histoire, mais bien trop triste. (C'est une chance que je le savais avant de commencer la lecture!)

L'histoire était très bien écrite et, chose intéressante, n'était pas divisée en chapitres.

Je suis contente de l'avoir lue.

[Anamaria · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you hate descriptions, don't even open this book. Actually don't read Balzac at all. But if you like them, you will love this book. You will never get bored by the rich description and the warm tone that Balzac tells the stories.