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...
Where: Washington, by way of the Left Bank. Why: Cancan, French architecture and the perfect croissant. How Far: 10.2 miles or a half-hour without stopping. Ah, springtime in Paris. Cafes teem with fashionable patrons ready to sip, smoke and people-watch the...
Mrs Spencer had to spend five days in Paris during half-term observing ballet classes, so my son Edward and I tagged along too, on the strict understanding that watching dance lessons was absolutely not on the agenda as far as we were concerned. ...
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