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La Vendetta / La Bourse
Ginevra Piombo est corse. De ses ancêtres, elle a le front de marbre empreint d'une fierté presque sauvage, les longs cheveux noirs, la noblesse d'âme. Et le coeus pur d'une jeune fille qui n'a jamais aimé.
Mais la passion dont la flamme couvre au fond de ses yeux noirs ne demande qu'à s'embrase. Hélas! Car celui qu'elle va aimer; ce beau jeune homme, corse lui aussi, dont la fidélité à l'empereur lui a valu l'opprobre, ce jeune homme n'est autre que Luigi Porta!
Luigi Porta dont la famille fut entièrement massacrée par le propre père d Ginevra, quiize ans plus tôt!
Mais Ginevra Piombo est corse..
Front de marbre.. Cheveux noirs..
Et toute la violence de ceux qu'inspire la vendetta..
La paix esst encore loin..
Mais la passion dont la flamme couvre au fond de ses yeux noirs ne demande qu'à s'embrase. Hélas! Car celui qu'elle va aimer; ce beau jeune homme, corse lui aussi, dont la fidélité à l'empereur lui a valu l'opprobre, ce jeune homme n'est autre que Luigi Porta!
Luigi Porta dont la famille fut entièrement massacrée par le propre père d Ginevra, quiize ans plus tôt!
Mais Ginevra Piombo est corse..
Front de marbre.. Cheveux noirs..
Et toute la violence de ceux qu'inspire la vendetta..
La paix esst encore loin..
95 pages, Pocket Book
First published January 1, 1832
2 people want to read
About the author
Honoré de Balzac
9,615 books4,398 followersFrench 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.
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.
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August 12, 2019This is the second time I have read this sad tale, in English and in French.
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