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In 1829, commander Genestas arrives in a village in the Dauphin?, where he meets Dr Benassis, who has transformed this miserable settlement into a small but prosperous town in only ten years. The two men each have a secret which is only revealed at the end of the book.

The Country Doctor By Honor de Balzac, Ellen Marriage

French novelist and playwright Honor de Balzac is widely regarded as the founder of realism in European fiction, due to his keen observations and his unfiltered presentation of society. Although Balzac was a prolific writer finishing over ninety works in his life time he left... Read Full Overview

En 1829, le commandant Genestas, arrive dans un village du Dauphin o il rencontre le docteur Benassis, qui, en dix ans, a transform un bourg mis rable et arri r en petite ville prosp re. Les deux hommes ont chacun un secret qui ne sera livr qu' la fin du r cit. Genestas... Read Full Overview

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Le M decin de campagne (The Country Doctor) is an 1833 novel by Honor de Balzac. The second in his Sc ne de la vie de campagne series, it addresses the author's preoccupations with social organisation, political power and religion, though Balzac's own political principles... Read Full Overview

Le M decin de campagne (The Country Doctor) is an 1833 novel by Honor de Balzac. The second in his Sc ne de la vie de campagne series, it addresses the author's preoccupations with social organisation, political power and religion, though Balzac's own political principles... Read Full Overview

Le M decin de campagne (+Biographie et Bibliographie) (6X9po Finition Couverture Brillante): En 1829, par une jolie matin e de printemps, un homme g d'environ cinquante ans suivait cheval un chemin montagneux qui m ne un gros bourg, situ pr s de la Grande-Chartreuse. Ce... Read Full Overview

"The Country Doctor" by Honore de Balzac offers a vivid glimpse into France during the Consulate and First Empire. This historical fiction, categorized as a literary classic, transports readers to the French countryside, exploring village life in a time of significant national... Read Full Overview

"The Country Doctor" by Honore de Balzac offers a vivid glimpse into France during the Consulate and First Empire. This historical fiction, categorized as a literary classic, transports readers to the French countryside, exploring village life in a time of significant national... Read Full Overview

" En 1829, par une jolie matin?e de printemps, un homme ?g? d'environ cinquante ans suivait ? cheval le chemin montagneux qui m?ne ? un gros bourg situ? pr?s de la Grande-Chartreuse. Ce bourg est le chef-lieu d'un canton populeux circonscrit par une longue vall?e. Un torrent... Read Full Overview

"Le M decin de campagne" d'Honor de Balzac est un roman qui plonge le lecteur dans la vie rurale fran aise du XIXe si cle, en mettant en lumi re les d fis et les id aux de cette poque. L'histoire se d roule dans un petit village o le docteur Benassis, un m decin d vou , s'efforce... Read Full Overview

Honor? de Balzac; born Honor? Balzac 20 May 1799 - 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Com?die humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Owing to his keen observation of detail... Read Full Overview