The Vicar of Tours by Honoré de Balzac
"The Vicar of Tours" by Honoré de Balzac is a novella written in 1832. Two priests share lodgings in the home of a bitter spinster in Tours, France. The gentle Abbé Birotteau finds himself outmaneuvered by his ambitious fellow priest Troubert, who cunningly seizes his rooms, furniture, and cherished library. As Birotteau's aristocratic allies mysteriously withdraw their support, he discovers the devastating power of celibate obsession and the dark influence of religious
politics in Charles X's France. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
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| Translator | Wormeley, Katharine Prescott, 1830-1908 |
| Title | The Vicar of Tours |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Cur%C3%A9_de_Tours |
| Credits | Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 62.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 1345 |
| Release Date | Aug 10, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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