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Hace 1 día · In Balzac’s vast Human Comedy, a body of ninety-one completed novels and stories, he endeavoured to create a complete picture of contemporary French society and manners.Within this work is a loving ode to Paris and an incomparable introduction to the first capital of the modern world. In Balzac’s work, the city at night is dark and even black, despite the introduction of modern street ...
Hace 3 días · Open one of the major novels by Honoré de Balzac and you are likely to encounter a sentence such as this, from Cousin Bette: “Towards the middle of July, in the year 1838, one of those vehicles called milords, then appearing in the Paris squares for the first time, was driving along the rue de l’Université.”Or this (from César Birroteau): “On winter nights there is no more than a ...
Hace 2 días · Los últimos años lo encuentran muy activo, realizando una serie de documentales-ensayo desde una perspectiva creativa y libre con obras como Ultimo romance de Balzac (2010) y Tudo isto me parece um sonho (2008). De visita en Ficviña 2012, nos regaló parte de su tiempo concediéndonos esta entrevista.
Hace 5 días · A must for heritage lovers. To know more about it. The castle seen by... « While climbing a ridge I admired for the first time the castle of Azay, a faceted diamond set by the Indre river, mounted on pillars covered with flowers. Honoré de Balzac (1790 - 1850)
Hace 5 días · La historia de una ciudad contradictoria y visionaria a través del objetivo de la cámara fotográfica de autores como Enzo Sellerio, Letizia Battaglia, Franco Zecchin y Fabio Sgroi.
Hace 1 día · Through the literature of Hoffmann, Balzac, Eugène Sue, and Goethe, Dostoevsky created his own belief system, similar to Russian sectarianism and the Old Belief. After his arrest, aborted execution, and subsequent imprisonment, he focused intensely on the figure of Christ and on the New Testament: the only book allowed in prison. [144]
Hace 2 días · Una società malata. Se per esprimere un giudizio ci dovessimo basare sollo sulla trama, Papà Goriot sarebbe un romanzo anonimo che tratteggia la fine di un padre che ha un amore patologico per le due figlie al punto di cadere in miseria per alimentare la loro sete di ricchezza.
