num_pages: 308
description: Eugenie Grandet is a novel written by Honore de Balzac that tells the story of a young woman named Eugenie who lives in a small town in France with her father, a wealthy miser named Felix Grandet. Despite her father's wealth, Eugenie leads a simple life and is content with her humble existence. However, her world is turned upside down when her cousin Charles arrives from Paris and she falls in love with him. Despite her feelings, Eugenie knows that her father will never approve of their relationship and must navigate the complexities of her family's financial and social status to find happiness. The novel explores themes of love, money, and social class in 19th century France, and is considered one of Balzac's most celebrated works.1927. Balzac is considered to be the greatest name in the post-Revolutionary literature of France. His writings display a profound knowledge of the human heart, with an extraordinary range of knowledge. Eugenie Grandet, is the spare, classical story of a girl whose life is blighted by her father's hysterical greed and his most magnificent tale of early nineteenth-century French provincial life. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
language: English
title: Eugenie Grandet
titlecomplete: Eugenie Grandet
characters: Cruchot des Bonfons, Madame Grandet, Félix Grandet, Charles Grandet, Nanon, Eugénie Grandet
genres: Classics, France, Roman, Novels, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, French Literature, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 22417
places: Saumur, France
series: Études de mœurs : Scènes de la vie de province, La Comédie Humaine
publisher: Kessinger Publishing