Eugénie Grandet
By: Honoré de Balzac ; translated by Sylvia Raphael ; with an introduction and notes by Christopher Prendergast.
Contributors: Raphael, Sylvia.; Prendergast, Christopher.
Series: Oxford world's classics; Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "The Grandet household, oppressed by the exacting miserliness of Grandet himself, is jerked violently out of routine by the sudden arrival of Eugénie's cousin Charles, recently orphaned and penniless. Eugénie's emotional awakening, stimulated by her love for her cousin, brings her into direct conflict with her father, whose cunning and financial success are matched against her determination to rebel."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxi).
"First published as a World's classics paperback 1990"--T.p. verso.