Project Gutenberg 2007-05-07 Public domain in the USA. 62 Girardin, Emile de, Mme 1804 1855 Gay, Delphine Girardin, Delphine de Girardin, Mme Emile de Girardon, Emile de, Mme Launay, Charles, vicomte de Girardin, Delphine Gay de La canne de M. de Balzac Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at DP Europe (http://dp.rastko.net); produced from images of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr "La canne de M. de Balzac" by Mme Émile de Girardin is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story focuses on a young and exceptionally handsome man named Tancrède, who finds his beauty to be more of a curse than a blessing, leading to a series of rejections and disappointments in his endeavors. The narrative explores themes of societal perception, beauty, and the challenges faced by those who are strikingly attractive. At the start of the novel, the author reflects on the burdens of beauty, especially for men, through the experiences of Tancrède Dorimont, who is both beautiful and unfortunate. Despite his physical allure, he struggles against the prejudices of society, as he faces obstacles due to his looks that often overshadow his intelligence and character. The opening portion delves into his tries to make his way in Paris, where he encounters various characters like the wealthy banker M. Nantua and his wife, who fear his beauty as a potential source of gossip and complications. As the story unfolds, it becomes apparent that Tancrède's journey will involve navigating the perils of societal expectations and the mysterious allure of a prominent figure, M. de Balzac, whose remarkable cane captures his curiosity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 305486 305494 2024-09-09T09:19:44.782508 2023-09-09T11:33:35.439929 text/html text/html 342986 2007-05-07T11:13:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 119750 2007-05-07T11:13:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 166277 2024-09-09T09:19:51.168488 application/epub+zip 170483 2024-09-09T09:19:46.264512 application/epub+zip 160008 2024-09-09T09:19:45.368502 application/epub+zip 314819 2024-09-09T09:19:54.834496 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288215 2024-09-09T09:19:50.456519 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 284426 2022-09-10T06:57:59.156725 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288604 2024-09-09T09:19:43.890505 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 276069 2007-05-07T11:13:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 103029 2007-05-07T11:13:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 276066 2007-05-07T11:13:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 103039 2007-05-07T11:13:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20310 2024-09-09T09:19:54.976443 application/rdf+xml 11130 2024-09-09T09:19:45.729519 image/jpeg 3038 2024-09-09T09:19:45.549521 image/jpeg 165314 2024-09-09T09:19:44.811532 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