Lost IllusionsAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 14 January 2021
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Lost Illusions (1837-1843) is a novel by French author HonorAc de Balzac. Written as part of his La ComAcdie humaine sequence, Lost Illusions looks at scenes of Parisian and provincial life involving friendship, desire, and literary ambition. Inspired by his own experiences as a journalist and publisher, Balzac sought to tell a story adjacent to his own, a story concerning a young man for whom talent is abundant but recognition is woefully scarce. The novelâ?Ts protagonist, Lucien Chardon, features in Balzacâ?Ts work A Harlot High and Low, as does the villain Vautrin, who appears toward the end of Lost Illusions and throughout Father Goriot, one of authorâ?Ts most popular and enduring works. The son of a middle-class father and aristocratic mother, Lucien Chardon is a promising young poet. He lives in AngoulAªme with his now-impoverished motherâ?"who is also a widowâ?"and his sister A^ve. In the province, he spends his days with his loyal friend David SAcchard, who encourages his literary lifestyle while studying to be a scientist. Davidâ?Ts eventual marriage to A^ve only brings the two friends closer together, but when Lucien meets the wealthy and influential Mme. de Bargeton, with whom he flees to Paris, their friendship is lost to Lucienâ?Ts unstoppable ambition. In the city, abandoned by Mme. de Bargeton and living under his motherâ?Ts maiden name, Lucien de RubemprAc sacrifices morality, friendship, and family at the altar of poetry, slowly becoming another person altogether. Lost Illusions is one of Balzacâ?Ts most sustained character studies, a novel which critiques humanity and high society as much as it does his own commercial interests as a professional writer. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of HonorAc de Balzacâ?Ts Lost Illusions is a classic of French literature reimagined for modern readers.
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