A Second Home by Honoré de Balzac
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"A Second Home" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story first published in 1830. This tale explores the moral complexities of a double life through Comte de Granville, an aristocratic magistrate trapped in a loveless marriage to a sanctimonious woman. When he encounters Caroline Crochard, a young woman living in poverty, he establishes a secret second family with her. Balzac contrasts the cold righteousness of the Count's aristocratic home with the
warmth of his hidden life, raising questions about virtue, happiness, and the consequences of forbidden love. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Bell, Clara, 1834-1927 |
| Title | A Second Home |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Une_double_famille |
| Credits | Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy 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. | 1810 |
| Release Date | Aug 29, 2005 |
| Last Update | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 538 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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