Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 144 Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 Balzac, Honore de Saint-Aubin, Horace de De Balzac, Honoré Balzac, H. de (Honoré de) Eugénie Grandet Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. "Eugénie Grandet" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel written during the early 19th century. The book explores themes of wealth, avarice, and the constraints of social expectations in a provincial setting, focusing on the titular character, Eugénie Grandet, and her life under the strict domination of her miserly father, Monsieur Grandet. The opening of "Eugénie Grandet" sets an atmospheric tone, depicting the melancholic ambiance of a provincial town in Saumur, characterized by its quiet streets and the imposing presence of Monsieur Grandet’s house. We learn about Grandet's background as a once-ambitious tonnelier who cleverly amassed a fortune from the post-Revolutionary sales of church lands, eventually becoming the wealthiest man in the area. The narrative introduces the relationships within the Grandet household, particularly the dynamic between Eugénie, her submissive mother, and the hard-hearted, calculating nature of her father. As the story unfolds, we see the brewing tension around Eugénie's potential suitors amidst Grandet’s controlling grip over her life, foreshadowing the impending conflicts that wealth and familial duty will bring. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Fathers and daughters -- Fiction Misers -- Fiction France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 450251 450252 2024-10-05T07:56:33.196814 2023-10-05T08:04:30.444045 text/html text/html 450244 450245 2024-10-05T07:56:33.470818 2023-10-05T08:04:30.631081 text/html text/html 232527 2024-10-05T07:56:40.612275 application/epub+zip 239701 2024-10-05T07:56:35.466801 application/epub+zip 239701 2024-10-05T07:56:34.229820 application/epub+zip 426464 2024-10-05T07:56:44.442245 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406688 2024-10-05T07:56:39.746797 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381933 2022-09-05T11:26:10.385329 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413833 413861 2024-10-05T07:56:32.733855 2023-10-05T08:04:30.121035 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 405885 2004-02-12T11:10:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 155121 2004-02-12T11:11:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 405879 2004-02-12T11:10:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152454 2004-02-12T11:11:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22255 2024-10-05T07:56:44.565241 application/rdf+xml 13505 2024-10-05T07:56:34.776803 image/jpeg 3502 2024-10-05T07:56:34.503803 image/jpeg 231131 2024-10-05T07:56:33.511809 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia