Lost Illusions

Honoré de Balzac, Kathleen Raine, Richard Howard

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Modern Library Inc
15 November 2001

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Modern Library Classics

""Balzac

was

the master unequalled in the art of painting humanity as it exists in modern society,"" wrote George Sand. ""He searched and dared everything.""

Written between 1837 and 1843, Lost Illusions reveals, perhaps better than any other of Balzac's ninety-two novels, the nature and scope of his genius. The story of Lucien Chardon, a young poet from Angoulame who tries desperately to make a name for himself in Paris, is a brilliantly realistic and boldly satirical portrait of provincial manners and aristocratic life. Handsome and ambitious but naive, Lucien is patronized by the beau monde as represented by Madame de Bargeton and her cousin, the formidable Marquise d'Espard, only to be duped by them. Denied the social rank he thought would be his, Lucien discards his poetic aspirations and turns to hack journalism; his descent into Parisian low life ultimately leads to his own death.

""Balzac was both a greedy child and an indefatigable observer of a greedy age, at once a fantastic and a genius, yet possessing a simple core of common sense,"" noted V. S. Pritchett, one of his several biographers. Another, Andre Maurois, concluded- ""Balzac was by turns a saint, a criminal, an honest judge, a corrupt judge, a minister, a fob, a harlot, a duchess, and always a genius.""

This Modern Library edition presents the translation by Kathleen Raine.

By: Honoré de Balzac
Introduction by: Richard Howard
Translated by: Kathleen Raine
Imprint: Modern Library Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 39mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9780375757907
ISBN 10: 0375757902
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 752
Publication Date: 15 November 2001
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard Howard is a Pultizer-Prize winning poet and translator. He has translated Baudelaire, Stendhal, and Gide, among others. He lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University.

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Honoré de Balzac, Kathleen Raine, Richard Howard

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