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L'Élixir de longue vie Précédé de El Verdugo
"L'Élixir de longue vie" est une nouvelle fantastique d’Honoré de Balzac. Cette version du mythe de Don Juan paraît en pré-publication dans La Revue de Paris, en 1830, sous le titre de "Festin et Fin", puis en 1846 dans l’édition Furne. Elle figure dans les Études philosophiques. Un des premiers textes signés du nom de l’auteur : Honoré de Balzac, cette version du mythe de Don Juan est parmi les moins connues du grand public comme le regrette Bernard Guyon. Le texte semble artificiellement rattaché aux Études philosophiques par un « avis au lecteur » un peu plaqué. On y voit très nettement l'influence d’Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann et de ses Élixirs du diable.
"El Verdugo" (Le Bourreau) est une nouvelle tragique d’Honoré de Balzac parue en 1830 dans la revue La Mode, puis en volume aux éditions Gosselin en 1831. Elle figure dans les Études philosophiques de la Comédie humaine. Pendant la guerre napoléonienne d’Espagne, le commandant français Victor Marchand et ses troupes ont pour mission de surveiller le petit village espagnol de Menda. Lorsque celui-ci se révolte, Marchand aura la vie sauve grâce à l’aide de Clara, la fille du marquis de Léganès, souverain de Menda. Le soulèvement est réprimé avec férocité, et la famille de Léganès est condamnée à mort.
"El Verdugo" (Le Bourreau) est une nouvelle tragique d’Honoré de Balzac parue en 1830 dans la revue La Mode, puis en volume aux éditions Gosselin en 1831. Elle figure dans les Études philosophiques de la Comédie humaine. Pendant la guerre napoléonienne d’Espagne, le commandant français Victor Marchand et ses troupes ont pour mission de surveiller le petit village espagnol de Menda. Lorsque celui-ci se révolte, Marchand aura la vie sauve grâce à l’aide de Clara, la fille du marquis de Léganès, souverain de Menda. Le soulèvement est réprimé avec férocité, et la famille de Léganès est condamnée à mort.
95 pages, Pocket Book
Published August 27, 2003
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Honoré de Balzac
9,538 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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April 24, 2019
Publicado em 1830 faz parte de Estudos Filosóficos.
Inspirado em E.T.A. Hoffmann, autor muito admirado por Balzac, é um conto baseado na figura de don Juan, o protagonista. Aqui ele comete parricídio a fim de obter o elixir da vida eterna que está nas mãos de seu pai. Final curioso.
Histórico de leitura
24/04/2019
"Em um suntuoso palácio de Ferrara, durante uma noite de inverno, dom Juan Belvidero homenageava um príncipe da Casa de Este. Naquela época, uma festa era um espetáculo maravilhoso que unicamente posses reais ou o poderio de um grão-senhor conseguiriam organizar."
Inspirado em E.T.A. Hoffmann, autor muito admirado por Balzac, é um conto baseado na figura de don Juan, o protagonista. Aqui ele comete parricídio a fim de obter o elixir da vida eterna que está nas mãos de seu pai. Final curioso.
Histórico de leitura
24/04/2019
"Em um suntuoso palácio de Ferrara, durante uma noite de inverno, dom Juan Belvidero homenageava um príncipe da Casa de Este. Naquela época, uma festa era um espetáculo maravilhoso que unicamente posses reais ou o poderio de um grão-senhor conseguiriam organizar."
July 23, 2011
Je n'ai pas encore rencontré de roman de Balzac qui m'ait enthousiasmé. Ici, deux très courtes nouvelles, l'une atroce et édifiante - assez efficace - pendant la guerre de libération d'Espagne sous Napoléon. L'autre est une variation sur Don Juan versant dans l'horreur grotesque et le moralisme manquant un peu de nuances. Pas mal.
December 27, 2025
2,5/5. 2 brèves nouvelles mâtinées d'Histoire (elle verdugo) ou de fantastique (L'élixir).
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