The Firm of Nucingen by Honoré de Balzac
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"The Firm of Nucingen" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story published in 1837. Four journalists gather in a Parisian restaurant and discuss how the once-poor Eugène de Rastignac acquired his fortune. The tale reveals the cunning financial schemes of Baron de Nucingen, a powerful banker who manipulates stock prices and orchestrates fake bankruptcies to enrich himself. Through strategic partnerships with well-connected men like Rastignac, Nucingen builds his empire while some
investors prosper and others face ruin. Balzac crafts a sharp satire of nineteenth-century financial speculation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Waring, James |
| Title | The Firm of Nucingen |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Maison_Nucingen |
| Credits | Produced by Dagny, Bonnie Sala, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.2 (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. | 1294 |
| Release Date | Apr 1, 1998 |
| Last Update | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 588 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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