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Catherine Lescault by Idlewild, Walter, author is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Catherine Lescault about?
In the delirious and vitalizing novel Catherine Lescault , alternative incarnations of Honore de Balzac's classic characters from The Unknown Masterpiece enact romances of lunacy and obsession to dramatize their search for the reality of artistic creation. The novelists Frenhofer and Porbus, the painter and muse Gillette, the troubadour Nicolas, and the sculptor Houdon all strive to discover the secret of imbuing art with life, despite the voices of academic critics and students, peers and rivals, relatives and loved ones, and their own withering internal frailties. Some disciples may achieve the dream of allowing the ideal courtesan subject, Catherine Lescault herself, to breathe and live and love, while other artists' fixations lead into monomaniacal madness with unspeakably tragic consequences. (From the book jacket)
Who reads Catherine Lescault?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Idlewild, Walter, author
- Publisher
- Fårö; Faro
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780998622606
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (6 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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