Honore de Balzac - Eugenie Grandet - Paperback Book

Name: Honore de Balzac - Eugenie Grandet - Paperback Book
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Honore de Balzac

Eug\u00E9nie Grandet (1833) is a novel by French author Honor\u00E9 de Balzac. Written as Balzac began to formulate the grand scale of his La Com\u00E9die humaine sequence, Eug\u00E9nie Grandet was eventually tied into the universe of his epic realist masterpiece, a holistic vision of nineteenth-century French society which sought to observe the consequences of the political, religious, and economic shifts of the Revolution and in its aftermath. This novel looks to the moral failings of a particular nouveau riche family, whose accumulation of wealth has quickly erased any sense of their working-class origins.\nAfter the Revolution, master cooper Felix Grandet married the daughter of a successful merchant, ascended in the political and social life of the town of Saumur, and quietly amassed an immense wealth\n\nEugenie Grandet\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note: the price advertis;