Project Gutenberg 1998-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 90 Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 Balzac, Honore de Saint-Aubin, Horace de De Balzac, Honoré Balzac, H. de (Honoré de) Waring, James The Firm of Nucingen Produced by Dagny, Bonnie Sala, and David Widger "The Firm of Nucingen" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel likely written in the early 19th century. The narrative explores the intertwined lives of characters engaged in the intricate world of Parisian finance and politics, centering around the titular character, Baron de Nucingen, and the ambitious protagonist, Eugène Rastignac. The book offers a glimpse into the social dynamics, moral complexities, and the pursuit of wealth that define the era's bourgeois society. At the start of the novel, the scene unfolds in a fashionable restaurant in Paris where a group of young men discuss their superficial yet opportunistic lives. Among them is the self-made man, Andoche Finot, alongside a journalist named Emile Blondet and the quick-witted Bixiou, who reflects on their ambitions and relationships. As they engage in sharp banter over dinner, their conversations reveal a society driven by financial desires and the commodification of personal connections. The lively dialogue hints at Rastignac's significant role in Nucingen's world, particularly regarding his relationship with the wealthy Baroness Delphine de Nucingen, setting the stage for deeper explorations of love, ambition, and moral fortitude in the unfolding narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 210114 210123 2024-09-01T09:11:06.759250 2023-10-01T08:26:32.107662 text/html text/html 214607 2021-01-27T21:41:57 text/html; charset=utf-8 75901 2021-01-27T21:41:57 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 122984 2024-09-01T09:11:11.336275 application/epub+zip 125620 2024-09-01T09:11:08.103269 application/epub+zip 125620 2024-09-01T09:11:07.261263 application/epub+zip 248248 2024-09-01T09:11:13.851240 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 238246 2024-09-01T09:11:10.789260 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 238308 2022-09-01T10:20:55.511664 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 181291 181260 2024-09-01T09:11:06.427293 2023-10-01T08:26:31.693643 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 184166 2016-11-23T08:44:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 72343 2016-11-23T08:47:20 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 181088 2010-02-22T12:24:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 71894 2010-02-22T12:25:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20661 2024-09-01T09:11:14.011220 application/rdf+xml 12893 2024-09-01T09:11:07.637265 image/jpeg 3315 2024-09-01T09:11:07.446248 image/jpeg 123201 2024-09-01T09:11:06.777290 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 More titles under Marriage, Ellen fr.wikipedia