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...
Thousands of daylilies show their true colors at this Shenandoah Valley farm and garden center. Growing up, we had an orange daylily blooming by the rock wall behind our Tennessee home, no doubt this old-fashioned flower was a gift from residents past. I...
To an outsider, unfamiliar with horticultural lingo, gardeners must sound like a rather aggressive lot: nicking, pinching and forcing are just some of the ways we manipulate plants. The fact is that no gardener can force a plant to do something it isn't...
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