Beatrix
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Beatrix
by Honor#65533; de Balzac (1799-1850)
B#65533;atrix is an 1839 novel by French author Honor#65533; de Balzac (1799-1850) and included in the Sc#65533;nes de la vie priv#65533;e section of his novel sequence La Com#65533;die humaine.
It first appeared in the periodical Le Si#65533;cle in August 1839, and appeared in volume form the same year. Balzac based the characters in this novel on real figures: F#65533;licit#65533; des Touches, a celebrated musician and writer, is based on George Sand. B#65533;atrix de Rochefide is based on Marie d'Agoult (who wrote under the pen name of Daniel Stern); Gennaro Conti is based on Franz Liszt; Claude Vignon is based on Gustave Planche.
Plot
A handsome young man named Calyste du Gu#65533;nic is in love with the older woman, F#65533;licit#65533; des Touches, a famous writer who uses the pen name of Camille Maupin. F#65533;licit#65533; at first does not reciprocate Calyste's feelings, and Calyste falls in love with the blonde marchioness B#65533;atrix de Rochefide. B#65533;atrix is a beautiful but selfish woman; one critic remarked in 1897 in regards to B#65533;atrix that "for cold-blooded cruelty and vulgarity she is unexampled, and her efforts to keep her youth and her hold over men are drawn in Balzac's heaviest and most pitiless manner."
B#65533;atrix had already had an affair with Gennaro Conti, and Calyste has an additional rival in the form of Claude Vignon. F#65533;licit#65533; des Touches (Camille Maupin) tries to help Calyste win B#65533;atrix's heart, thus sacrificing her own. Calyste's efforts are ultimately a failure, and B#65533;atrix is taken away by Gennaro Conti.
Calyste is devastated by his failure, but promises his dying father to get married. F#65533;licit#65533; des Touches enters a convent, but before she does, she uses her fortune to arrange a marriage for Calyste with a woman named Sabine de Grandlieu. When Calyste encounters B#65533;atrix again in Paris, his wife Sabine struggles to win back her husband's affections after Calyste falls for B#65533;atrix again. Subsequently, through the intercession of Count Maxime de Trailles, B#65533;atrix falls for another young man, and Calyste comes to his senses.
by Honor#65533; de Balzac (1799-1850)
B#65533;atrix is an 1839 novel by French author Honor#65533; de Balzac (1799-1850) and included in the Sc#65533;nes de la vie priv#65533;e section of his novel sequence La Com#65533;die humaine.
It first appeared in the periodical Le Si#65533;cle in August 1839, and appeared in volume form the same year. Balzac based the characters in this novel on real figures: F#65533;licit#65533; des Touches, a celebrated musician and writer, is based on George Sand. B#65533;atrix de Rochefide is based on Marie d'Agoult (who wrote under the pen name of Daniel Stern); Gennaro Conti is based on Franz Liszt; Claude Vignon is based on Gustave Planche.
Plot
A handsome young man named Calyste du Gu#65533;nic is in love with the older woman, F#65533;licit#65533; des Touches, a famous writer who uses the pen name of Camille Maupin. F#65533;licit#65533; at first does not reciprocate Calyste's feelings, and Calyste falls in love with the blonde marchioness B#65533;atrix de Rochefide. B#65533;atrix is a beautiful but selfish woman; one critic remarked in 1897 in regards to B#65533;atrix that "for cold-blooded cruelty and vulgarity she is unexampled, and her efforts to keep her youth and her hold over men are drawn in Balzac's heaviest and most pitiless manner."
B#65533;atrix had already had an affair with Gennaro Conti, and Calyste has an additional rival in the form of Claude Vignon. F#65533;licit#65533; des Touches (Camille Maupin) tries to help Calyste win B#65533;atrix's heart, thus sacrificing her own. Calyste's efforts are ultimately a failure, and B#65533;atrix is taken away by Gennaro Conti.
Calyste is devastated by his failure, but promises his dying father to get married. F#65533;licit#65533; des Touches enters a convent, but before she does, she uses her fortune to arrange a marriage for Calyste with a woman named Sabine de Grandlieu. When Calyste encounters B#65533;atrix again in Paris, his wife Sabine struggles to win back her husband's affections after Calyste falls for B#65533;atrix again. Subsequently, through the intercession of Count Maxime de Trailles, B#65533;atrix falls for another young man, and Calyste comes to his senses.
| ISBN-13 | 9781523311620 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1523311622 |
| Weight | 1.01 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.00 x 0.78 x 9.00 In |
| List Price | $11.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 310 pages |
| Publisher | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Published On | 2016-01-08 |
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