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"Selected Short Stories by Balzac" Author: Balzac Publisher: China Friendship Publishing Company
"Selected Short Stories by Balzac" Author: Balzac Publisher: China Friendship Publishing Company
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Introduction · · · · · ·
"Selected Short Stories by Balzac" includes 8 of Balzac's best short stories. "The Bank of Nucingen" is an indispensable work for understanding "Old Goriot" and "Eugenie Grandet", "The Ball at Sioux City" is a typical historical writing style of his customs, "The Red Hotel" and "The Atheist's Mass" are deeply rooted in people's hearts and portray a wonderful shock. "Mysterious Masterpiece" incorporates the author's own thoughts on literature and art, and "The Money Bag" goes against the old routine of portraying money and describes family, friendship and love, which is very interesting to read.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Balzac (Balzac H. 1799-1850) is the greatest critical realist writer in France in the 19th century, the founder and outstanding representative of European critical realism. His Human Comedy, which consists of 91 novels, fully demonstrates the social life in France in the first half of the 19th century and is a rare literary monument in the history of human literature. The more famous novels in Human Comedy include Old Goriot, The Donkey Skin and Eugenie Grandet. The short stories Love in the Desert, The Bank of Nucingen and The Mass for Atheists are equally rich and shocking, and are an indispensable part of reading Balzac.
