Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes

French language

Published June 1, 1973

ISBN:: 978-2-07-036405-3

Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, translated either as The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans or as A Harlot High and Low, is an 1838-1847 novel by French novelist Honoré de Balzac, published in four initially separate parts:

Esther Happy (Esther heureuse, 1838) What Love Costs an Old Man (À combien l’amour revient aux vieillards, 1843) The End of Evil Ways (Où mènent les mauvais chemins, 1846) The Last Incarnation of Vautrin (La Dernière incarnation de Vautrin, 1847)It continues the story of Lucien de Rubempré, who was a main character in Illusions perdues, a preceding Balzac novel. Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes forms part of Balzac's La Comédie humaine.

Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, translated either as The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans or as A Harlot High and Low, is an 1838-1847 novel by French novelist Honoré de Balzac, published in four initially separate parts:

Esther Happy (Esther heureuse, 1838) What Love Costs an Old Man (À combien l’amour revient aux vieillards, 1843) The End of Evil Ways (Où mènent les mauvais chemins, 1846) The Last Incarnation of Vautrin (La Dernière incarnation de Vautrin, 1847)It continues the story of Lucien de Rubempré, who was a main character in Illusions perdues, a preceding Balzac novel. Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes forms part of Balzac's La Comédie humaine.

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4 stars

Monumental, mais si je dois encore une fois devoir décrypter l'accent de Nucingen... ce sera trop.
(Beaucoup de passages chiants mais aussi beaucoup de passages tout bonnement INCROYABLES et terriblement prenants.)

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March 16, 2008