Η φανταστική ερωμένη

by Honoré de Balzac, Αντώνης Καραβασίλης

Τον Νοέμβριο του 1841, ο διευθυντής της παρισινής εφημερίδας Ο Αιών (La Siecle) ζήτησε από τον Μπαλζάκ (Onore de Balzac, 1799-1850) να του δώσει προς δημοσίευση μία νουβέλα, προτείνοντας -στον μονίμως χρεωμένο συγγραφέα- το εφάπαξ ποσό των χιλίων φράγκων. Ο Μπαλζάκ δέχτηκε αμέσως και ξεκίνησε με φρενήρη ρυθμό τη συγγραφή της Φανταστικής Ερωμένης (La Fausse Maitresse), που άρχισε να δημοσιεύεται στις 24 Δεκεμβρίου 1841. Για να προλάβει, τα έξι κεφάλαια του αρχικού σχεδιασμού κατέληξαν πέντε. Οι τίτλοι των κεφαλαίων (μέσα σε αγκύλες στην παρούσα έκδοση) είναι εκείνοι που χρησιμοποιήθηκαν κατά τη δημοσίευση στην εφημερίδα.
Η μετάφραση έγινε από την έγκυρη Εγκυκλοπαίδεια της Πλειάδος (Encyclopedie de la Pleiade), των εκδόσεων Gallimard.
Η Φανταστική Ερωμένη εντάσσεται στις Μελέτες Ηθών της Ανθρώπινης Κωμωδίας, στην ενότητα Σκηνές της ιδιωτικής ζωής. (Από την παρουσίαση της έκδοσης)

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1843

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.