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Iluzii pierdute. Vol. 2

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Nerăbdător să se afirme, dar sărac și necunoscător al moravurilor aristocrației literare pariziene, ambițiosul Lucien Chardon se face de râs și pierde dragostea admirativă a doamnei de Bargeton, cu care fugise din Angoulême. Incapabil să publice, dar și să se sacrifice în numele artei autentice, ajunge să ducă o viață luxoasă printre jurnaliștii și actrițele de moravuri ușoare din capitală, împrumutându-se repetat de la vechiul său prieten, David Séchard, căsătorit cu Ève, sora lui Lucien. Nici măcar iubirea pasionată și încrederea actriței Coralie nu-l pot salva. În timp ce cameleonicul tânăr decade tot mai mult, David, rămas la Angoulême, ajunge în închisoare prin mașinațiunile unor concurenți, care îi falsifică semnătura pe un document de credit acordat lui Lucien. Întors acasă, disprețuit, falit și devastat după moartea lui Coralie, Lucien este cuprins de remușcări pentru soarta prietenului său și reușește să obțină suma necesară eliberării lui încheind un pact cu un misterios abate spaniol. David își găsește liniștea în iubirea soției sale și într-o viață cinstită la țară, în timp ce Lucien, damnat, se întoarce la Paris.

336 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2016

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Honoré de Balzac

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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.

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