Project Gutenberg 2004-12-03 Public domain in the USA. 67 Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 Balzac, Honore de Saint-Aubin, Horace de De Balzac, Honoré Balzac, H. de (Honoré de) Mercadet: A Comedy in Three Acts Reading ease score: 84.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Dagny and John Bickers "Mercadet: A Comedy in Three Acts" by Honoré de Balzac is a play written in the mid-19th century that delves into the intricacies of financial speculation and social aspirations in Parisian society. The narrative revolves around the central character, Mercadet, a speculative businessperson struggling with the weight of his mounting debts while aiming to secure a prosperous marriage for his daughter, Julie. The tension between wealth, poverty, and social expectations plays a critical role as Mercadet navigates between creditors and potential suitors for his daughter. At the start of the play, we are introduced to the Mercadet household, where the servants discuss their fears regarding their master’s financial ruin. As tension builds, Mercadet enters, exhibiting a mix of charm and desperation. He is determined to impress potential creditors through a lavish dinner in hopes of marrying Julie off to a wealthy suitor, the Comte de la Brive, while manipulating his relationships with various creditors. Throughout the unfolding scenes, Mercadet's colorful rhetoric about money and morality highlights his precarious situation as he juggles the needs of his family with the demands of his debtors, setting the stage for comedic and dramatic confrontations ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Comedies French drama -- 19th century -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 206717 206649 2024-10-06T11:56:44.388943 2023-10-06T12:16:03.798874 text/html text/html 206710 206642 2024-10-06T11:56:44.658980 2023-10-06T12:16:03.981902 text/html text/html 144978 2024-10-06T11:56:52.904952 application/epub+zip 146986 2024-10-06T11:56:48.044926 application/epub+zip 130985 2024-10-06T11:56:46.726938 application/epub+zip 291270 2024-10-06T11:56:55.947905 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 271075 2024-10-06T11:56:51.928930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 201337 2022-09-07T15:16:51.951478 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 160442 160425 2024-10-06T11:56:44.012997 2023-10-06T12:16:03.526860 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 160251 2020-12-18T19:46:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 57448 2020-12-18T19:46:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19750 2024-10-06T11:56:56.075895 application/rdf+xml 13305 2024-10-06T11:56:47.260945 image/jpeg 3287 2024-10-06T11:56:46.991931 image/jpeg 142828 2024-10-06T11:56:44.675968 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