Two works of 1829 brought Balzac to the brink of success. „Les Chouans”, the first novel he felt enough confidence about to have published under his own name, is a historical novel abou...więcej »
Książka w dwóch wersjach językowych: polskiej i francuskiej. Version bilingue: polonaise et française. Markiza de Listomère cieszy się w Paryżu opinią kobiety nieosiągalnej. Ty...więcej »
Honoryna, żona bogatego i o wiele starszego hrabiego Oktawa, uciekła od niego z kochankiem, przy którym po raz pierwszy poczuła się doceniana jako kobieta, czego brakowało jej w bezwzględnym...więcej »
Książka w dwóch wersjach językowych: polskiej i francuskiej. Version bilingue: polonaise et française. Dwaj młodzi ludzie podróżują dyliżansem z Paryża do Moulins, siedząc na i...więcej »
Lucjan de Rubempré, idąc za radami Vautrina (ukrywającego się pod nazwiskiem księdza Carlosa Herrery), zdołał zdobyć pewną pozycję towarzyską w Paryżu, zaciągnął jednak poważne długi. W tym ...więcej »
Powieść, której akcja rozgrywa się w okresie Frondy, opowiada historię naiwnego gaskońskiego żołnierza, barona des Canolles, rozdartego między miłością do dwóch kobiet. Romanse i przy...więcej »
Książka w dwóch wersjach językowych: polskiej i francuskiej. Version bilingue: polonaise et française. Młody Oktaw żyje razem z tajemniczą panią Firmiani, a ich ubóstwo, jakie ...więcej »
„Lost Illusions” is a serial novel, written by the French writer, Honoré de Balzac, between 1837 and 1843. It consists of: „Two Poets”, „A Distinguished Provinc...więcej »
Wonderful tale set in the provincial town of Besançon, and focusing on the de Watteville family – the fiercely religious and independently wealthy wife, the ineffectual husband, who ab...więcej »
Opowieść o kobiecie, którą uznano za demonicznego demona - sukkuba, który spółkując z mężczyznami wiedzie ich prosto ku potępieniu i piekłu… Fragmenty opowiadania: Niekt...więcej »
Immerse yourself in the inner workings of a quaint French village in this charming novel from Honoré de Balzac, an early master of literary realism. The work was dedicated to Balzac’s ...więcej »
Forget the erroneous title, the central figure of this particular slice of Balzac’s lifelong gift to literature is a woman of character, Madame Veronique Graslin. Honoré de Balzac (20 ...więcej »
In 1807 Colonel Chabert, Napoleon’s beloved commander, is severely wounded in the Battle of Eylau. Taken for dead and buried in a mass grave, he manages to escape and wanders in poverty throu...więcej »
An extremely collectible, sweet little book named for and written in honor of Balzac’s mother. Comtesse Honorine de Bauvan was married to the Comte at nineteen. She leaves him and is later ab...więcej »
Emilie de Fontaine is a spoiled and pround brat. She rejects all suitors her father proposes. Emilie has incredibly high standards for the man she will marry, and at the top of her unreasonable lis...więcej »
Depicting the fatal clash between material desires and the liberating power of human passions, Honoré de Balzac’s „Eugénie Grandet” (1833) is one of the earliest and...więcej »
„Modeste Mignon”, by Honoré de Balzac (1846). The heroine of this romance, a young woman of romantic temperament Modeste Mignon, lives in a small city in northwestern France. She...więcej »
This is the coming of age story of a young sculptor named Sarrasine and the choices he will face on his journey towards his destiny. We follow Sarrasine as he travels from France to Italy to search...więcej »
By the French author, who, along with Flaubert, is generally regarded as a founding-father of nineteenth-century realism in European fiction. His large output of works, collectively entitled &bdquo...więcej »
In a dark, narrow street in Paris lives an old widow and her pretty young daughter, sit by the window most days. They share a poor but contented existence, supporting themselves through embroidery ...więcej »
Originally published in 1830, here we have perhaps Balzac’s best short work, named simply „Gobseck”. Gobseck is a marvelous sketch of a money-lender and miser in Paris during the ...więcej »
„Domestic Peace”, a short story by Honoré de Balzac, was originally published in 1831 under the French title of „La Paix du Ménage” and can be found in Scenes ...więcej »
Monsieur Guillaume is a draper in Paris. He owns his shop, „La Maison du Chat-qui-pelote” and took the business over from his master, also marrying the daughter. Guillaume is the very p...więcej »
„Ursula” novel is one of the pillars of the „Scenes of Provincial Life” section of Honoré de Balzac’s story cycle „The Human Comedy”. Through a seri...więcej »
Autobiographical and exceptionally romantic, „The Lily of the Valley” is an 1835 novel about love and society by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850)...więcej »
Fans of Romeo and Juliet will delight in the novella „Vendetta”, Honoré de Balzac’s unique take on the timeless theme of star-crossed lovers. This short novel is a story of...więcej »
„Cousin Pons” is one of the last and greatest of Balzac’s novels of French urban society: a cynical, pessimistic but never despairing consideration of human nature. The book tells...więcej »
This is one of the three novelettes that are grouped together as „The History of the Thirteen”, along with „Ferragus: Chief of the Companions of Duty” and „The Girl wi...więcej »
„The Country Doctor” („Le Médecin de Campagne”), by Honoré de Balzac, belongs to the series known as „Scenes from Country Life”; a part of his grea...więcej »
Prior to the twentieth century, philosophy was the driving force behind all literature. Authors used the novel as a means to communicate their ideas on man’s purpose and his place in the univ...więcej »
„Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan” is a comic tale about a society woman, a Princess and a Duchess, who attempts to recycle her slightly seedy past by pursuing a minor literary figu...więcej »
„Ferragus” is an 1833 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac and included in the „Scenes de la vie parisienne” section of his novel sequence „La Comédie...więcej »
„The Girl with the Golden Eyes” is the third part of a trilogy. Part one is entitled „Ferragus” and part two is „The Duchesse de Langeais”. The three stories are...więcej »
Just a plain old story told by a superb story teller. „A Marriage Contract” (French: „Le Contrat de marriage”) is an 1835 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac and ...więcej »
This novel opens in the old town of Guerande which still enclosed by mighty walls and possesses moats still full of water. The houses have not changed and the streets are as they were one hundred y...więcej »
Qu’est-ce qui pourrait être pire lorsqu’un jour, vous réalisez qu’une personne qui semblait toujours amicale et attentionnée vous déteste vraiment avec ...więcej »
L’histoire dramatique de Lucien de Rübampre, un gentil jeune provincial qui fait ses premiers pas à Paris. Dans une ville où tout est vendu et tout est acheté &ndash...więcej »
L’argent pour Papa Grande est un objectif, pas un moyen. Et le fait que les moyens remplacent les buts pour les remplacer – une des caractéristiques les plus remarquables de notr...więcej »
Un travail subtil et sophistiqué dans lequel Balzac révèle les secrets les plus intimes de l’âme féminine. Le monde est cruel et les cœurs sont bris&ea...więcej »