The Hidden Masterpiece by Honoré de Balzac
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"The Hidden Masterpiece" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story first published in 1831. Set in seventeenth-century Paris, it follows young painter Nicolas Poussin as he encounters the enigmatic master Frenhofer, who has spent ten years perfecting a secret painting of a beautiful courtesan. When Poussin offers his own lover as a model to help complete the work, the unveiling of Frenhofer's hidden canvas leads to an unexpected revelation about art,
obsession, and the gap between vision and reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Wormeley, Katharine Prescott, 1830-1908 |
| Uniform Title | Chef d'oeuvre inconnu. English |
| Title | The Hidden Masterpiece |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Chef-d%27%C5%93uvre_inconnu |
| Credits | Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Biographical fiction |
| Subject | France -- Fiction |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into English |
| Subject | Painters -- Fiction |
| Subject | Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1553 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-01553-8 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 931 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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