Gambara by Honoré de Balzac
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"Gambara" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story first published in 1837. Count Andrea Marcosini becomes obsessed with Marianna, a beautiful woman living in poverty with her husband Gambara, a brilliant but misunderstood composer whose music only sounds coherent when he's drunk. As Andrea tries to help the couple and win Marianna's affection, he enters a world where artistic genius borders on madness. This philosophical tale explores the nature of music,
sacrifice, and the thin line between inspiration and insanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Title | Gambara |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambara_(short_story) |
| Credits | Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 66.2 (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. | 1873 |
| Release Date | Oct 16, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 637 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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