An Old Maid by Honoré de Balzac
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"An Old Maid" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel written in 1836. Set in the provincial town of Alençon, this short and incisive work centers on Mademoiselle Cormon, an aging unmarried woman whose portrait stands as one of Balzac's most successful characterizations. The story unfolds with rapid succession of events, offering a nuanced analysis of the social, political, and financial affairs that define provincial life in post-Revolutionary France. The novel exemplifies
Balzac's keen eye for human nature and small-town dynamics. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Wormeley, Katharine Prescott, 1830-1908 |
| Title | An Old Maid |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Vieille_Fille_(novel) |
| Credits | Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Biographical fiction |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1352 |
| Release Date | Jun 1, 1998 |
| Last Update | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 552 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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