The Atheist's Mass

by Honoré de Balzac

Genres: Classics

Mass Market Paperback

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

[Grace McGuinness · Rating 4 out of 5]

The quotes are so good. The writing amazes me. Reads like a five star. I couldn’t fully grasp the story, so it’s not because I need a re-read. Hundred percent recommend though.

[Esther · Rating 4 out of 5]

"You are in death while you are in life: when you are no more in life you are after death. Or if you prefer it thus: after life you are dead, but during life you are dying: and death touches the dying more harshly than the dead, in more lively a fashion and more essentially"

[Frank Peters · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book includes two short stories set in pre-modern France. I found the author to be engaging and am impressed with the writing and the stories.

[hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

two intriguing short stories about faith and sacrifice. i now want to read more by de balzac.

[Preksha Surana · Rating 3 out of 5]

some pearls here and there.

[Autumn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Humanity <3

[Levan Ramishvili · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Bourgeat, my second father, died in my arms,"

https://youtu.be/CsliQD7TvhI?si=qcKjQ...

Absolute Short Story,
10/10.

[K C · Rating 3 out of 5]

A speed read that I didn’t intake much will need to return