Project Gutenberg 2012-10-28 Public domain in the USA. 740 Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 Balzac, Honore de Saint-Aubin, Horace de De Balzac, Honoré Balzac, H. de (Honoré de) La Comédie humaine - Volume 01 Scènes de la vie privée - Tome 1 Reading ease score: 66.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Avant-propos -- La Maison du chat-qui-pelote -- Le Bal de Sceaux -- La Bourse -- La Vendetta -- Madame Firmiani -- Une double famille -- La Paix du ménage -- La Fausse Maîtresse -- Étude de femme -- Albert Savarus Produced by Claudine Corbasson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "La Comédie humaine - Volume 01" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel written in the early 19th century. It serves as a vast portrayal of French society, offering detailed insights into social and moral themes, with a multitude of characters and stories woven together. The work features characters like the ambitious young man Eugène de Rastignac, who seeks to navigate the complexities of Parisian society. At the start of this volume, the narrative introduces a young man, elegantly dressed and mysterious, as he observes a quaint old house known as the Chat-qui-pelote. He muses over its historical significance while being entertained by the comical sign depicting a cat playing with a tennis racket. The scene captures not only his curiosity but also the rich tapestry of life in Paris, hinting at a deeper involvement with the quaint characters and the overarching societal themes that Balzac intends to explore. As the young man's attention shifts to the window above, the brief appearance of a beautiful young woman adds a layer of romance and intrigue, suggesting that this observation will lead to more significant interactions and developments within the bustling social environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41211/41211-h/images/cover.jpg fr France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1324107 1324054 2024-10-17T10:55:50.812635 2023-09-18T05:27:14.594615 text/html text/html 1313147 2012-10-28T08:18:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2361103 2012-10-28T08:18:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2497224 2024-10-17T10:56:06.154054 application/epub+zip 2515281 2024-10-17T10:55:53.191624 application/epub+zip 560884 2024-10-17T10:55:51.979613 application/epub+zip 2847793 2024-10-17T10:56:16.168988 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2769123 2024-10-17T10:56:04.342055 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 824195 2022-09-18T19:26:48.543046 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1264423 1264209 2024-10-17T10:55:48.571612 2023-09-18T05:27:12.579069 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1233707 2012-10-28T08:18:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 472723 2012-10-28T08:18:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20909 2024-10-17T10:56:16.332017 application/rdf+xml 7465 2024-10-17T10:55:52.098595 image/jpeg 1746 2024-10-17T10:55:52.040621 image/jpeg 2454882 2024-10-17T10:55:50.986645 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