Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac

Lost Illusions

La Comédie Humaine #38

Honoré de Balzac with Ellen Marriage (Translator)

390 pages first pub 1837 (editions) user-added

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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With NCX.The story of Lucien Chardon, a young poet from Angoulême 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 ambitio...

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