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    Père Goriot (redirect from Le pere Goriot)
    Le Père Goriot (French pronunciation: [lə pɛʁ ɡɔʁjo], "Old Goriot" or "Father Goriot") is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac...
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    honnêtes (1826) Incomplete at time of death Le Corsaire (opera) Sténie Falthurne Corsino Le Député d'Arcis Novellas Le Bal de Sceaux (1830) Sarrasine (1830)...
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    Cousine Bette by Balzac in 1846 Le Cousin Pons by Balzac in 1847 Le Colonel Chabert by Balzac in 1847 Le Député d'Arcis by Balzac in 1852 Renée de Varville...
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    becoming a governmental minister and becoming a peer of France. 1839 – Le Député d'Arcis (1847, unfinished) – Rastignac is minister for the second time (of...
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    include Balzac's five theatrical plays or his collection of humorous tales Les Cent Contes drolatiques (1832–37). A pioneer of the modern novel, Balzac...
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    "Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu" (English: "The Unknown Masterpiece") is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was first published in the newspaper L'Artiste...
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    illustrated several works by Balzac, including the novels, La Rabouilleuse, Le Député d'Arcis, Albert Savarus and Un début dans la vie; the novelette, Peines de...
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    Oriental story.") One week later, he published a story fragment called "Le Dernier Napoléon" in La Caricature, under the name "Henri B...". In it, a...
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  • novels after his death: Le Député d'Arcis [fr] (1854), Le Comte de Sallenauve [fr] (1855), La Famille Beauvisage [fr] (1855), Les Petits Bourgeois [fr]...
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    Marcas Le Député d'Arcis Scènes de la vie militaire Les Chouans Une passion dans le désert Scènes de la vie de campagne Le Médecin de campagne Le Curé de...
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    Herrera. He is the escaped convict Vautrin whom Balzac had already presented in Le Père Goriot. Herrera takes Lucien under his protection and they drive off...
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    name is Jacques Collin (pronounced [ʒɑk kɔlɛ̃]). He appears in the novels Le Père Goriot (Father Goriot, 1834/35) under the name Vautrin, and in Illusions...
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    Marcas Le Député d'Arcis Scènes de la vie militaire Les Chouans Une passion dans le désert Scènes de la vie de campagne Le Médecin de campagne Le Curé de...
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    Les Chouans (French pronunciation: [le ʃwɑ̃], The Chouans) is an 1829 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) and included...
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    Balzac ou l'archéologie du moi moderne," La Plume et la pierre : l'écrivain et le modèle archéologique au XIXe siècle, Nîmes, Champ Social, 2007, 291-318. Stoltzfus...
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    recommendation, she turned creative control of Balzac's unfinished novels Le Député d'Arcis and Les Petits Bourgeois to another writer, Charles Rabou. Rabou added...
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    Le Lys dans la Vallée (English: The Lily of the Valley) is an 1835 novel about love and society by the French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac...
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    combien l’amour revient aux vieillards, 1843) The End of Evil Ways (Où mènent les mauvais chemins, 1846) The Last Incarnation of Vautrin (La Dernière incarnation...
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    illisible : Autre étude de femme et le modèle de la conversation », MLN, May 1983, n° 98 (4), p. 712-27. Henri Godin, « Le Cadran solaire de La Grande Bretèche »...
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    Le Colonel Chabert (English: Colonel Chabert) is an 1832 novella by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). It is included in his...
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    1880, Corcelles-les-Monts) high French official of the 19th century Honoré de Balzac made Arcis-sur-Aube part of his novel Le Député d'Arcis (The Member for...
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  • L'Union monarchique, from 7 April to 3 May 1847, his incompleted novel Le Député d'Arcis. He also published his second communiqué (the first she saw) to his...
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    Marcas Le Député d'Arcis Scènes de la vie militaire Les Chouans Une passion dans le désert Scènes de la vie de campagne Le Médecin de campagne Le Curé de...
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    Marcas Le Député d'Arcis Scènes de la vie militaire Les Chouans Une passion dans le désert Scènes de la vie de campagne Le Médecin de campagne Le Curé de...
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    Le Réquisitionnaire (English "The Conscript" or "The Recruit") is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1831 and is one of the Études...
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    August 1830 in the periodical Le Voleur. The actual novella appeared in a volume published by Mame-Delaunay under the title Les Dangers de l'inconduite. This...
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    Le Cousin Pons (French pronunciation: [lə kuzɛ̃ pɔ̃s]) is one of the last of the 94 novels and short stories that make up Honoré de Balzac’s Comédie humaine...
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    at Manchester Grammar School from 1962 to 1964 and then at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand from 1964 to 1965. He taught at St George's Church of England School...
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    Le Message (English "The Message") is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1832 and is one of the Scènes de la vie privée of La Comédie...
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    drawing of Paul Gauguin's ceramic sculpture Oviri bears the inscription Et le monstre, entréignant sa créature, féconde de sa semence des flancs généreux...
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