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Malograđani
U svojoj ambicioznoj zamisli predstavljanja celog jednog društva Onore de Balzak neumorno je opisivao ljudske poroke i vrline, čovekove strasti, društvene događaje, i stvorio živopisne karaktere. Devetnaesti vek je obeležen društvenim prevratom, pa je trenutak svrgavanja monarhije i trijumfa buržoazije pružio ovom izuzetnom piscu mogućnost da u finim nijansama predstavi društveno-istorijski kontekst svog vremena. Novac postaje vrhovni zakon, a mnogima i životni cilj jer omogućava izdizanje iz nasleđenog društvenog položaja.
Tako u romanu Malograđani upoznajemo brata i sestru Tilije: nakon uspešnih poslovnih poteza koji su joj doneli mnogo novca, Brižit počinje da upravlja životom svoga brata, lepuškastog činovnika koji osim prijatne spoljašnjosti nema drugih kvaliteta. Proračunata usedelica Brižit pronaći će idealnu snaju, a potom se starati i o bratovljevoj vanbračnoj ćerki čiji će miraz privući siromašnog advokata plemićkog porekla La Pejrada, koji u bratu i sestri Tilije vidi lak plen za ostvarivanje svojih ambicija.
Prvi put u prevodu na srpski jezik, roman Malograđani upotpunjuje monumentalno delo francuskog klasika i pruža uvid u složen mehanizam njegove Ljudske komedije.
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Edicija „Feniks“ je nastala da bi savremenoj publici učinila dostupnim dela novootkrivenih klasika svetske književnosti kao i zaboravljena dela već priznatih pisaca. Čitaoci će imati priliku da se prvi put upoznaju sa nekim od najvećih dometa svetske književnosti i uživaju u čarima prvoklasne literature.
Tako u romanu Malograđani upoznajemo brata i sestru Tilije: nakon uspešnih poslovnih poteza koji su joj doneli mnogo novca, Brižit počinje da upravlja životom svoga brata, lepuškastog činovnika koji osim prijatne spoljašnjosti nema drugih kvaliteta. Proračunata usedelica Brižit pronaći će idealnu snaju, a potom se starati i o bratovljevoj vanbračnoj ćerki čiji će miraz privući siromašnog advokata plemićkog porekla La Pejrada, koji u bratu i sestri Tilije vidi lak plen za ostvarivanje svojih ambicija.
Prvi put u prevodu na srpski jezik, roman Malograđani upotpunjuje monumentalno delo francuskog klasika i pruža uvid u složen mehanizam njegove Ljudske komedije.
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Edicija „Feniks“ je nastala da bi savremenoj publici učinila dostupnim dela novootkrivenih klasika svetske književnosti kao i zaboravljena dela već priznatih pisaca. Čitaoci će imati priliku da se prvi put upoznaju sa nekim od najvećih dometa svetske književnosti i uživaju u čarima prvoklasne literature.
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First published January 1, 1854
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About the author
Honoré de Balzac
9,536 books4,368 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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February 5, 2025
Vervollständigungen von Romanen durch schriftstellerende Freunde gelingen selten, die Kleinbürger sind so ein seltener Fall, wo sich ein anders geartetes Talent als Glücksfall erweist.
Sein von Gier und Ehrgeiz getriebenes Schurkenarsenal hatte Balzac immer gut unter Kontrolle, auch den Hochadel und dessen Umgang mit Aufsteigern aus der Provinz, aber bei lächerlichen Prätentionen lahmte sein Pegasus gelegentlich.
Da liegt die große Stärke von Vollender Rabou, der die beinahe gothisch-ernst wirkenden Gestalten zu Menschen wachküsst, sobald der zweite Teil beginnt. Sogar der, fast schon zur stereotype gewordene junge Aufsteiger gewinnt im zweiten Teil Profil und Tiefe, Abstand zu den älteren Brüdern im Geiste wie Rastignac und Rubempré.
Ein besonderer Bonus ist die Freiheit Klarnamen zu benutzen, nachdem die 1848er-Revolution die Kontinuität der Funktionseliten gebrochen hatte, nachdem sich Bürgerkönigtum wie Bourbonen ausmanövrieren ließen. Vautrin heißt nun nicht mehr Collin.
Der Handlungsrahmen der Comédie Humaine reicht vom Zeitalter des Terrors bis ins Bürgerkönigtum. Der zeitliche Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem Zeitalter der Restauration (1815-1830), das Herz des Autors schlägt auch klar für die Bourbonen der älteren Linie. Insofern erscheint das, kurz vor der 1830er-Revolution spielende Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen als das große Finale, in dem sogar Nebenfiguren aus kurzen Erzählungen noch mal ins Geschehen eingreifen.
Lose Handlungsfäden gibt es trotzdem mehr als genug, was wird z.B. aus den Verlierern im Machtkampf zwischen dem alten Polizeichef Corentin und Collin/Vautrin? Wie geht es weiter mit Peyrades Tochter Lydia, die ihren Entführern entkam, um dabei zuzusehen wie ihr Vater einem Giftmord zum Opfer fiel. Was wurde aus dem einem Zweithaushalt eines unbestechlichen Richters aus der obersten Liga entsprossene Sohn, als der seine Rechte an der Nebenfrau verletzt sieht und beide ins Elend schickt? Auf der Suche nach Antworten zu A second Home im Repertoire der Comedie Humaine von Cerfberr bin ich auf die Kleinbürger aufmerksam geworden. Der Dieb Charles Crochard spielt zwar nur eine Nebenrolle als Diamantenräuber in einer Vorgeschichte. Aber meine Neugier ist, nicht nur in diesem Fall, befriedigt. Auch die Auflösung der anderen Schicksale gelingt.
Gerade im Fall, bei dem ich die größten Zweifel hatte, ob eine nachvollziehbare Auflösung gelingt.
Die Heilung der irrsinnigen Lydie, die ganz anders gelingt, als von den Doktoren geplant. Will da nichts spoilern, die Lektüre lohnt sich, erst recht, wenn man das Personal schon vorher kennen gelernt hat.
Die Peripetie vor der Auflösung zieht sich etwas zu lange hin, daher nur vier Sterne. Aber vielleicht steigen die Akten ja beim Wiederlesen, wie schon so oft.
Sein von Gier und Ehrgeiz getriebenes Schurkenarsenal hatte Balzac immer gut unter Kontrolle, auch den Hochadel und dessen Umgang mit Aufsteigern aus der Provinz, aber bei lächerlichen Prätentionen lahmte sein Pegasus gelegentlich.
Da liegt die große Stärke von Vollender Rabou, der die beinahe gothisch-ernst wirkenden Gestalten zu Menschen wachküsst, sobald der zweite Teil beginnt. Sogar der, fast schon zur stereotype gewordene junge Aufsteiger gewinnt im zweiten Teil Profil und Tiefe, Abstand zu den älteren Brüdern im Geiste wie Rastignac und Rubempré.
Ein besonderer Bonus ist die Freiheit Klarnamen zu benutzen, nachdem die 1848er-Revolution die Kontinuität der Funktionseliten gebrochen hatte, nachdem sich Bürgerkönigtum wie Bourbonen ausmanövrieren ließen. Vautrin heißt nun nicht mehr Collin.
Der Handlungsrahmen der Comédie Humaine reicht vom Zeitalter des Terrors bis ins Bürgerkönigtum. Der zeitliche Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem Zeitalter der Restauration (1815-1830), das Herz des Autors schlägt auch klar für die Bourbonen der älteren Linie. Insofern erscheint das, kurz vor der 1830er-Revolution spielende Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen als das große Finale, in dem sogar Nebenfiguren aus kurzen Erzählungen noch mal ins Geschehen eingreifen.
Lose Handlungsfäden gibt es trotzdem mehr als genug, was wird z.B. aus den Verlierern im Machtkampf zwischen dem alten Polizeichef Corentin und Collin/Vautrin? Wie geht es weiter mit Peyrades Tochter Lydia, die ihren Entführern entkam, um dabei zuzusehen wie ihr Vater einem Giftmord zum Opfer fiel. Was wurde aus dem einem Zweithaushalt eines unbestechlichen Richters aus der obersten Liga entsprossene Sohn, als der seine Rechte an der Nebenfrau verletzt sieht und beide ins Elend schickt? Auf der Suche nach Antworten zu A second Home im Repertoire der Comedie Humaine von Cerfberr bin ich auf die Kleinbürger aufmerksam geworden. Der Dieb Charles Crochard spielt zwar nur eine Nebenrolle als Diamantenräuber in einer Vorgeschichte. Aber meine Neugier ist, nicht nur in diesem Fall, befriedigt. Auch die Auflösung der anderen Schicksale gelingt.
Gerade im Fall, bei dem ich die größten Zweifel hatte, ob eine nachvollziehbare Auflösung gelingt.
Die Heilung der irrsinnigen Lydie, die ganz anders gelingt, als von den Doktoren geplant. Will da nichts spoilern, die Lektüre lohnt sich, erst recht, wenn man das Personal schon vorher kennen gelernt hat.
Die Peripetie vor der Auflösung zieht sich etwas zu lange hin, daher nur vier Sterne. Aber vielleicht steigen die Akten ja beim Wiederlesen, wie schon so oft.
November 6, 2011
Here is a late Balzac novel that, until recently, I didn't even know existed. It tells of the attempts made by a young attorney named Theodose de la Peyrade to worm himself into the good graces of a nouveau riche Paris family, the Thuilliers. As his reward he aims for the hand of the lucky heir of this childless couple, one Celeste Colleville. Along the way to achieving his goals, however, La Peyrade compromises himself by shady financial dealings with the amusingly corrupt Cerizet and his partner-in-crime Dutocq.
What prevents The Middle Classes from being first-rate Balzac is that the author never had the opportunity to give the book the polish and gloss that characterizes such classics as Pere Goriot, Lost Illusions, Cousin Bette, Cousin Pons, and César Birotteau. It seems that there is little or no character development -- except perhaps on the part of one minor character, Felix Phellion. Cerizet is the same at the end as he was in the beginning, as is Theodose de la Peyrade, Du Portail, the Thuilliers, and Madame Lambert. There are some surprises that Balzac springs upon us, especially where Du Portail is concerned; but there is nothing that approaches the transformations of the character of Eugene de Rastignac in Pere Goriot.
Balzac tends to find the ambitious middle class characters as amusing, compared to Flaubert, who made of the equally bourgeois Madame Emma Bovary a tragic character. At one point, one of the characters says:
What prevents The Middle Classes from being first-rate Balzac is that the author never had the opportunity to give the book the polish and gloss that characterizes such classics as Pere Goriot, Lost Illusions, Cousin Bette, Cousin Pons, and César Birotteau. It seems that there is little or no character development -- except perhaps on the part of one minor character, Felix Phellion. Cerizet is the same at the end as he was in the beginning, as is Theodose de la Peyrade, Du Portail, the Thuilliers, and Madame Lambert. There are some surprises that Balzac springs upon us, especially where Du Portail is concerned; but there is nothing that approaches the transformations of the character of Eugene de Rastignac in Pere Goriot.
Balzac tends to find the ambitious middle class characters as amusing, compared to Flaubert, who made of the equally bourgeois Madame Emma Bovary a tragic character. At one point, one of the characters says:
You are seeking fortune and influence, my good nephew; you want to rise above the crowd and to play your part in all the great events of your time; you want employment for a keen, active mind, full of resources, and slightly inclined to intrigue; in short, you long to exert in some upper and elegant sphere that force of will and subtlety which at present you are wasting in the silly and useless manipulation of the most barren and tough-skinned animal on earth, to wit: a bourgeois.Although The Middle Classes strikes me as an uneven -- and even slightly unfinished -- work, I find its author to be fascinating whether he is great (Pere Goriot), good (A Commission in Lunacy), bad (The Peasants), or ugly (A Woman of Thirty).
July 18, 2023
Odbijam da pročitam nastavak koji nije napisao Balzak, tako da ću samo ostati u neznanju zauvijek što se tiče Malograđana...
June 27, 2021
I am so happy that I am reading the whole of Balzac's La Comedie Humaine and what a delicious web of characters and entangled lives. One definitely could read just one story but the innuendos and other nuances would not connect the dots to the genius of the whole. Balzac has me rethinking what my feelings about some characters, sometimes I really dislike one and then circumstances thaw my stance and from there I wax and wane but sometimes I hold on to my like or dislike throughout the whole story. Theodose was one such character, though self centered, but not completely, had me like him enough for a happy life. Cerizet was another who from "The Lost Illusions", where he backstabbed his kind employer, David, I also wished him well at the end. Felix was someone, I liked from the start and rooted for the straight laced professor. Many characters from "The Bureaucracy" are friends and present here, though mostly bit parts, still interesting, since they are not part of the fiance department any longer.
I thought Charles Rabou did a wonderful job finishing this story for his late friend, but I wonder how much was left for him to finish and if Balzac had a general outline that made it easy to fill the blanks. I absolutely loved this story and kept hoping that
The "dot" it seems is so important, not just in England but in France. The selling, what else would you call it, of a daughter to the most useful or with the most money. Balzac makes the "bourgeoisie" look ridiculous and contemptible. What Balzac really thought of the is class would be something to ponder. I liked some of the Bourgeoisie and others not so much, every strata of citizen nomenclature, in my opinion has the likeable and despicable, the aristocrats have its bad apples too.
The religious hypocrisy is so present, especially in married Flavia, who has one child with her husband and the other four from different fathers, approaching middle age, her religious piety is one dimensional. Just because one goes to church and goes through the motion of verbal comments but not fulfilling the real action of good works is more pious, then a questioning man but whose actions are indeed works of good?
Fate with the help of individuals actions can not be steered into a path not for one's walking, the need to submit to eventually and quite fighting when the path is not so detrimental.
Politics, those who control who is not fit, they maybe right but is their candidate any less corrupt or better? Sadly this is ever present today with those who think they are all wise, or not wise but that they can control and they do a nice job thanks to the media, who infuse the people with their agenda. So, to me it seems that politics has reached a further low and Balzac's times look like a heck of a lot less sinister. You do not need the police for a "police state" but so called do good citizens that deprive a person of thought, unless it is "good" thought!
I did not read this edition but from a Delphi collection of his works which included the below-
"Les Petits Bourgeois first appeared posthumously in 1855, five years after Balzac’s death. Left incomplete, Balzac’s friend and fellow novelist Charles Rabou completed the novel using notes from remaining manuscripts. The novella begins with a chapter concerning the history of a three-storey building over almost three centuries, near the present Hotel de Ville in the 4th Arrondisement. "
"The narrator describes how the building changed from one generation to another until in the 1840s it has become a rather grim pastiche of a building in dubious taste, but still worth a lot of money. The building is currently owned by Mlle Brigitte Thuillier, the unmarried sister of Louis-Jerome Thuillier, who lost his position as a sub-director of a clerical department of the monarchy at the time of the July Revolution of 1830, when Louis-Philippe, the “Citizen-King,” came into power. "
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I did not like Theodose for about 1/3 of the story, he was grasping and only really interested in the dot but at times though he tried to convince Celeste to marry him, he made it seem like he wanted her to decide. Though he was a thief in a round about way, the money was paid back. I remember when he first came to Paris but only a scant amount was told about him. Why do I wish him well? Mostly for Lydie who is now his wife and is a mother, only she can tell if she is happy with her tormentor. It is unclear if he was the only one who raped her or that those who held her captive in the past story, made her be with other men it is clear she was abducted from her home which caused her father grief, being unaware of where she was. She escaped after several months and in hysterics. When Theodose came to the ill reputed house, did he stay there and how often was he with Lydie? He knew she played the piano and sang. Can she love him truly? Can he forget what he did to her? How much does he live her now? Why did he not try to save her when she was in the brothel trapped? Or was he like Lovelace in his attentions to Clarissa? I resolve that they have some trouble but I feel he can be gentle towards Lydia because she has a sweet nature. These two have entered my thoughts and I are them fairly happy but with caution.
I was so happy that Felix finally was able to marry Celeste. Theodose was not right for Celeste, she could not see that his piety was not so true. He was like Toupillier looking for what he could take by being at the right place. Felix though questioning church ways beloved in God and did good works.
Thuillier is such a stooge and his looking for the Legion of Honor without merit, astonishing. Both him and his sister looking to make money or power of office off their God child. Brigitte stays true throughout with her commanding and miserly ways, she is honest in her opinions.
Cerizet, in his devious ways and money grasping was kind to Lydia when he saw her and that little tenderness gives him some hope.
I thought Charles Rabou did a wonderful job finishing this story for his late friend, but I wonder how much was left for him to finish and if Balzac had a general outline that made it easy to fill the blanks. I absolutely loved this story and kept hoping that
The "dot" it seems is so important, not just in England but in France. The selling, what else would you call it, of a daughter to the most useful or with the most money. Balzac makes the "bourgeoisie" look ridiculous and contemptible. What Balzac really thought of the is class would be something to ponder. I liked some of the Bourgeoisie and others not so much, every strata of citizen nomenclature, in my opinion has the likeable and despicable, the aristocrats have its bad apples too.
The religious hypocrisy is so present, especially in married Flavia, who has one child with her husband and the other four from different fathers, approaching middle age, her religious piety is one dimensional. Just because one goes to church and goes through the motion of verbal comments but not fulfilling the real action of good works is more pious, then a questioning man but whose actions are indeed works of good?
Fate with the help of individuals actions can not be steered into a path not for one's walking, the need to submit to eventually and quite fighting when the path is not so detrimental.
Politics, those who control who is not fit, they maybe right but is their candidate any less corrupt or better? Sadly this is ever present today with those who think they are all wise, or not wise but that they can control and they do a nice job thanks to the media, who infuse the people with their agenda. So, to me it seems that politics has reached a further low and Balzac's times look like a heck of a lot less sinister. You do not need the police for a "police state" but so called do good citizens that deprive a person of thought, unless it is "good" thought!
I did not read this edition but from a Delphi collection of his works which included the below-
"Les Petits Bourgeois first appeared posthumously in 1855, five years after Balzac’s death. Left incomplete, Balzac’s friend and fellow novelist Charles Rabou completed the novel using notes from remaining manuscripts. The novella begins with a chapter concerning the history of a three-storey building over almost three centuries, near the present Hotel de Ville in the 4th Arrondisement. "
"The narrator describes how the building changed from one generation to another until in the 1840s it has become a rather grim pastiche of a building in dubious taste, but still worth a lot of money. The building is currently owned by Mlle Brigitte Thuillier, the unmarried sister of Louis-Jerome Thuillier, who lost his position as a sub-director of a clerical department of the monarchy at the time of the July Revolution of 1830, when Louis-Philippe, the “Citizen-King,” came into power. "
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I did not like Theodose for about 1/3 of the story, he was grasping and only really interested in the dot but at times though he tried to convince Celeste to marry him, he made it seem like he wanted her to decide. Though he was a thief in a round about way, the money was paid back. I remember when he first came to Paris but only a scant amount was told about him. Why do I wish him well? Mostly for Lydie who is now his wife and is a mother, only she can tell if she is happy with her tormentor. It is unclear if he was the only one who raped her or that those who held her captive in the past story, made her be with other men it is clear she was abducted from her home which caused her father grief, being unaware of where she was. She escaped after several months and in hysterics. When Theodose came to the ill reputed house, did he stay there and how often was he with Lydie? He knew she played the piano and sang. Can she love him truly? Can he forget what he did to her? How much does he live her now? Why did he not try to save her when she was in the brothel trapped? Or was he like Lovelace in his attentions to Clarissa? I resolve that they have some trouble but I feel he can be gentle towards Lydia because she has a sweet nature. These two have entered my thoughts and I are them fairly happy but with caution.
I was so happy that Felix finally was able to marry Celeste. Theodose was not right for Celeste, she could not see that his piety was not so true. He was like Toupillier looking for what he could take by being at the right place. Felix though questioning church ways beloved in God and did good works.
Thuillier is such a stooge and his looking for the Legion of Honor without merit, astonishing. Both him and his sister looking to make money or power of office off their God child. Brigitte stays true throughout with her commanding and miserly ways, she is honest in her opinions.
Cerizet, in his devious ways and money grasping was kind to Lydia when he saw her and that little tenderness gives him some hope.
February 10, 2021
I didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would from the opening. The characters felt more like puppets than usual, and too much of the back story was not revealed till near the end. Best thing: Brigitte. Balzac really had a thing about frustrated middle-aged spinsters, didn't he? Worst thing: the treatment of Lydie. I wouldn't recommend this one except to diehard completists.
July 11, 2025
Roman inachevé de Balzac qui reste toujours aussi cruel dans ses descriptions de la société de l’époque.
February 19, 2024
Balzac's "The Lesser Bourgeoisie" fits well into the entirety of The Human Comedy, his monumental work on the nature of human beings and their low, superficial passions. Balzac depicts middle-class characters in France in their pursuit to get rich through deceit. They are willing to do anything for money. However, this classical satire of human society doesn't provide clarity in character recognition. Balzac seems to deviate from the essence of character overview through excessive description and detail. The book is somewhat confusing and unfinished in certain parts. "Eugenie Grandet" is much better in comparison.
March 21, 2020
This was a wonderful book: witty, funny - and sophisticated. I kept being amazed that it was written almost 200 years ago. It's a cliche, but his insight is still modern
This was a wonderful book: witty, funny and sophisticated. I kept being amazed that it was written almost 200 years ago. It's a cliche, but his insight is still modern.
This was a wonderful book: witty, funny and sophisticated. I kept being amazed that it was written almost 200 years ago. It's a cliche, but his insight is still modern.
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December 11, 2019This is the longest work of de Balzac's I've read and the most skillfully plotted. It is definitely one of his best stories.
June 4, 2022
Belle intrigue retorse au milieu des petits bourgeois déjà rencontrés dans le roman “Les Employés”. Malheureusement le roman est inachevé…
June 6, 2025
govance💩
May 16, 2024
Sobre mi forma de puntuar:
1- Mal libro, no lo disfruté, no me enseñó nada, no lo recomendaría, mejor habría sido dedicar mi tiempo a otra cosa.
2- Pasable, aprueba, me aportó a algún nivel, pero poca cosa.
3- Disfrutable, podría recomendarlo a ciertas personas.
4- Muy disfrutable, ha hecho que me cuestionase cosas y ampliado mi perspectiva del mundo y/o lo considero con valor artístico. Lo recomendaría sin duda a ciertas personas.
5- De mis favoritos, me ha cambiado y dado mucho en qué pensar, obra maestra. Muy recomendable.
Lo peor es que el libro no esté terminado, pero desde luego que pone de manifiesto toda la hipocresía, el utilitarismo, la avaricia, el egoísmo, la corrupción y las ganas de escalar para llegar a capitalista de la sociedad.
Me parece una excelente muestra de cómo la clase burguesa fue acumulando capital y cómo se sirvieron de las clases trabajadoras para ello, así como de toda clase de artimañas. Deja de manifiesto lo falso que resulta esa idea de que los adinerados gastan y con ello el dinero llega a las clases menos pudientes.
Si bien, es un palo que no se haya terminado el libro, sí me parece cuanto menos un libro interesante para leer.
1- Mal libro, no lo disfruté, no me enseñó nada, no lo recomendaría, mejor habría sido dedicar mi tiempo a otra cosa.
2- Pasable, aprueba, me aportó a algún nivel, pero poca cosa.
3- Disfrutable, podría recomendarlo a ciertas personas.
4- Muy disfrutable, ha hecho que me cuestionase cosas y ampliado mi perspectiva del mundo y/o lo considero con valor artístico. Lo recomendaría sin duda a ciertas personas.
5- De mis favoritos, me ha cambiado y dado mucho en qué pensar, obra maestra. Muy recomendable.
Lo peor es que el libro no esté terminado, pero desde luego que pone de manifiesto toda la hipocresía, el utilitarismo, la avaricia, el egoísmo, la corrupción y las ganas de escalar para llegar a capitalista de la sociedad.
Me parece una excelente muestra de cómo la clase burguesa fue acumulando capital y cómo se sirvieron de las clases trabajadoras para ello, así como de toda clase de artimañas. Deja de manifiesto lo falso que resulta esa idea de que los adinerados gastan y con ello el dinero llega a las clases menos pudientes.
Si bien, es un palo que no se haya terminado el libro, sí me parece cuanto menos un libro interesante para leer.
September 1, 2016
This is the longest Balzac story I've read, I think (maybe The Chouans is longer?) but I loved it! It is the deliciously complicated story of the ambitions of the poor and not-strictly-speaking honest La Peyrade. All through the story Balzac teases the reader with complications that sway in and away from Peyrade's favour; there is a splendid assortment of minor villains, and the denouement came as a complete surprise to me.
August 24, 2025
zao mi sto je nedovrseno..
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