検索キーワード： 著者 "Honoré de Balzac" すべてのカテゴリー

Eine Verschwörung gegen Napoleon im Jahr 1806 ist der Ausgangspunkt dieses Romans, den Balzac 1842 veröffentlichte. Die Königstreuen wollten die Macht an sich reißen und den Kaiser stürzen. Doch die Hintergründe dieser Verschwörung blieben viele Jahre im Dunklen. Erst Jahrzehnte später lüftet sich bei einer Abendgesellschaft das Geheimnis... Walter Hilsbecher liest Balzacs Roman, der auf historischen Ereignissen beruht und mit seiner sich auf Indizien und Zeugenaussagen stützenden schrittweisen Aufklärung als unmittelbarer Vorläufer des modernen Kriminalromans gilt.

Honore de Balzac (1799-1850): Mißerfolge als Verleger, Spekulationen und ein luxuriöser Lebensstil stürzten Balzac in hohe Schulden und zwangen ihn zu rastloser literarischer Arbeit.

"The Conscript" is one of the stories from the great collection making up "The Human Comedy"; it captures the human cost of revolution in a terribly touching way. Madame de Dey is a noble, rich widow whose son, an officer in the dragoons, has chosen to follow the princes into exile. She remains behind in a precarious position to look after his fortune. She is now awaiting her son's arrival in disguise.

Moins connu que Balzac romancier, voici Balzac maître de la nouvelle. Ces deux récits parlent d'amour, du mal d'amour et de vengeance. Ils sont des épisodes de la vie de certains personnages de "La Comédie humaine" que l'on croise ici brièvement. "Étude de femme" nous conte un moment cruel et éphémère : un jeune homme, croyant envoyer une lettre d'amour à sa maîtresse, se trompe d'adresse et la missive parvient chez une épouse fidèle, mais qui se prend à rêver devant les mots brûlants.

At the beginning of the story the heroine lives an unfulfilled life in rural France, her nature crushed by a domineering and miserly father. Gallant cousin Charles arrives and acts as a catalyst on Eugénie's personality and emotions. Will her love survive the strong self-opinion of the young man and the selfishness of her father or is Eugénie's reward destined to be in heaven?

Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Laurence Olivier, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Olivier himself. They were based on works by the world's leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov. These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.

Brothers Philippe and Joseph Bridau are completely unalike: Philippe, braggart and soldier, formerly aide-de-camp to Napoleon, is their mother Agathe's favorite; Joseph, a poor and aspiring artist, is raised in his brother's shadow. When Agathe is reduced to poverty and Philippe accrues gambling debts, the family join forces to focus their attentions on Agathe's brother, Jean-Jacques Rouget, heir to the family fortune. The struggle for his inheritance pits the family against Rouget's beautiful maid Flore ("La Rabouilleuse"), the apple of her master's eye, and her crafty lover.

The French conquerors impose a strange doom on a noble Spanish family.

The Bette referred to in this magnificent novel's title is Lisbeth Fischer, an excruciatingly cunning poor relation who both depends upon and nurses a terrible grudge against the family of her beautiful cousin, Adeline. That family is slowly being ruined by the uncontrollable sexual appetites of Adeline's husband, Baron Hulot - appetites that will, in time, give Cousin Bette opportunity to exact her vengeance.

Honore de Balzac's classic book of revenge and passion in which the title character Bette plots the destruction of various men including her cousin-in-law, Baron Hector Hulot. Bette enlists the help of Valérie, an unhappily married young woman, to seduce Hulot, destroy his life, and take his family's fortune.

Hailed as the father of the naturalist novel, French author and playwright Honoré de Balzac left a legacy of treasured literary works that include Père Goriot and Cousin Bette. The daughter of a wealthy but miserly man, Eugénie Grandet falls in love with her penniless cousin, Charles. The two plan to marry, but at the behest of her father, Charles must first go overseas to make his fortune. Returning years later, Charles calls off the engagement, leaving Eugénie heartbroken and vengeful.

Lisbeth Fischer has lived in the shadow of her beautiful cousin Adeline for much of her life. Pampered while Lisbeth works in the fields, Adeline makes an enviable leap in status when Baron Hulot offers her his hand in marriage. Out of kindness, they bring Lisbeth to Paris, where she falls in love with the artist Wenceslas, her protege. However, when she is jilted for Adeline's daughter Hortense, her jealousy and rage exponentially intensify, and she resolves to bring the Hulot family to ruin, employing the cold seductress Valerie Marneffe as her vehicle for revenge.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that are difficult to achieve elsewhere. The City of Lights may be one of the glories of the world but for those whose three score and ten have passed it is the final resting place for some of the very finest of literary talents.

In this volume our classic authors turn their words to the religion of Christianity. It’s a fascinating subject for our authors who can explore faith and belief in ways that we rarely subject ourselves to. Whatever your faith these stories raise questions and that are of interest to us all.

Within this decade are writers of incredible ability who are able to fashion gem-like stories that astonish our ears and brains across many genres; a literary culture that seems to endlessly build and create new paths for the restless human imagination to tread.

Two girls emerge from a convent in order to marry and assume their places in post-Revolutionary French society. Louise is ruled by passion, Renée by pragmatism, and the intimate details of their trials and triumphs are revealed through their correspondence. Letters of Two Brides follows two strong women across the years as they navigate love, friendship, faith, and the conflicting expectations for women in society.

La storia di Eugénie è ambientata a Saumur, piccolo paesino della campagna francese. Il padre di Eugénie, che in città è conosciuto come papà Grandet, è un vecchio vignaiuolo arricchitosi grazie all'eredità paterna fatta fruttare tramite giusti investimenti finanziari, ha un fiuto infallibile per gli affari e ad una proverbiale avarizia, che suscita in lui un notevole attaccamento all'oro che “sembrava aver comunicato il suo colore al suo viso”. Nonostante la sua ricchezza, quindi, il padrone di casa fa di tutto per nasconderla, non parlarne e, soprattutto, non spenderla.

"Keyifli yaşamların sürdürülmüş olduğu bölgelerden derlenip, içleri fesat ve kıskanç olanlar için değil, yaşamdan zevk alabilen anlayışlı kişiler için Balsac tarafından gün ışığına çıkarılmış Tuhaf Öyküler...’' Honore de Balzac, 18321837 yılları arasında bu öykülere Contes Drolatiques adını vererek yayınladı. Balzac bu öykülerde, memleketi olan Touraine'e, onun inatçı ve sert insanlarına veda etmektedir sanki. Sönmüş Hayaller kitabındaki Rupembre gibi, ruhu henüz Paris kraterinin ateşiyle yanmadan, son bir kez, tanıdığı ve sevdiği yerleri öyküleriyle gezer.

Don Juan Belvideore, the young and spoiled son of the wealthy aristocrat Bartolammeo Belvidore, visits his father after being told that his father is on death bed by a maid. During this visit, the father tells his son about an elixir in one of his drawers and wants him to put on this liquid on his body after his death. This liquid shall turn him back to life and make him young again. Don Juan who does not follow his dad’s wish at the time, will wish the same thing from his own son.

"Keyifli yaşamların sürdürülmüş olduğu bölgelerden derlenip, içleri fesat ve kıskanç olanlar için değil, yaşamdan zevk alabilen anlayışlı kişiler için Balsac tarafından gün ışığına çıkarılmış Tuhaf Öyküler...’' Honore de Balzac, 18321837 yılları arasında bu öykülere Contes Drolatiques adını vererek yayınladı. Balzac bu öykülerde, memleketi olan Touraine'e, onun inatçı ve sert insanlarına veda etmektedir sanki. Sönmüş Hayaller kitabındaki Rupembre gibi, ruhu henüz Paris kraterinin ateşiyle yanmadan, son bir kez, tanıdığı ve sevdiği yerleri öyküleriyle gezer.