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...
La Fille aux yeux d'or (English: The Girl With the Golden Eyes is a novella by Honoré de Balzac. It is the third part of the Thirteen series, which includes the short stories Ferragus and The Duchesse de Langeais. It is also part of his La Comédie...
The novella 'La fille aux yeux d'or' illustrates the meaning of racial and sexual difference for the author, Balzac. The female protagonist is a creole, physically white yet considered black by the European male. Her position as a slave is related to her racial...
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