Béatrix
Honoré de Balzac
Béatrix is a three-part novel in Balzac’s La Comédie humaine. In Brittany, young Calyste du Guénic is drawn to Béatrix de Rochefide, while figures such as Camille Maupin and Gennaro Conti shape his world. The novel contrasts provincial tradition with Parisian society and explores desire, illusion, artistic reputation and the calculations of marriage.
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Cosette
Contes de la Bécasse
Nana
Du côté de chez Swann
Le Coffre et le Revenant
Colomba
Fantine
Point de Lendemain
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
Jean Valjean
Armance
Tarass Boulba