Had Balzac been a less masterful novelist, the disreputably profligate fraud in him might have overwhelmed his artistry. Still, the other Balzac, the artist, is tainted by his well-earned reputation for what has been called artistic license or dishonesty...
The French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was the first writer to use fiction to convey the total social scene prevailing within one country at a particular period in its history. Commonly regarded as the founder of social realism, he also...
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Evening Standard - London
Being Beatrix 12/14/2006: 1,579 words, approx. 5 pages
AMERICANS, eh? They come over here and they take all our women's roles. Just five years after she triumphantly snaffled the part of Bridget Jones from a baying horde of British actresses, Renee Zellweger is back playing an even more warmly treasured English icon....
LANCHBERY Tales of Beatrix Potter * John Lanchbery, cond; Royal Op House O, Covent Garden * CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 93230 (52:34) Beatrix Potter was an eccentric, introverted woman who developed into a successful author, sheep breeder, and scientist. Born in 1866, she seldom...
A Dutch royal couple acknowledges altering a Wikipedia entry about a 2003 scandal that forced the prince to renounce his claim to the throne.Prince Johan Friso, son of the reigning Queen Beatrix, and Princess Mabel of Oranje-Nassau are the latest to be embarrassed in a...