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Eugénie Grandet is the first great romance by Honoré de Balzac, written in 1833 "with two rare happy moments in his life".[1] Published for the first time not weekly L'Europe littéraire (Literary Europe) in September 1833, under the title Eugénie Grandet, histoire de province. Published in book form in 1834, by the editor of Madame Charles-Béchet and in 1839 by the editor of Gervais Charpentier, with a dedication to the one who had been Balzac's lover: Maria du Fresnay. In the Furne edition, of 1843, or romance located in the first volume of Cenas da Vida Provinciala da Comédia Humana, between Ursula Mirouët and Pierrette.O romance represents the mentality of the Restoration period (1814 - 1830) and, like Um Conto de Natal, by Dickens, or O Avarento, by Molière, develops or theme of exacerbated greed. It also addresses a paixão awakened in a young 23-year-old provincial woman, who lives with her country in Saumur, on the outskirts of the Loire, by her Parisian and aristocratic cousin, who saw that city on the recommendation of her country, who immediately would commit suicide in reason of their divisions.A young man who gives name to the book is the file of a rich and avaricious wi

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Author

Honoré de Balzac

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780192804747

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Romance, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.79 / 5 (11,308 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13