Eugénie Grandet

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac’s novel follows Eugénie Grandet, a young woman living in Saumur under the rule of her wealthy and relentlessly miserly father. The arrival of her cousin Charles brings her sincere love into conflict with money, ambition, and paternal tyranny. Part of The Human Comedy, the novel explores wealth, sacrifice, and loneliness in provincial France.