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La Recherche de l'Absolu

Assez, Balthazar; tu m' pouvantes, tu commets des sacril ges. Quoi mon amour serait. - De la mati re th r e qui se d gage, dit Cla s, et qui sans doute est le mot de l'Absolu. Songe donc que si moi, moi le premier si je trouve, si je trouve, si je trouve " En disant ces... Read Full Overview

""The Quest Of The Absolute"" is a novel by Honore de Balzac, first published in 1834. The story revolves around a wealthy and ambitious young man named Balthazar Claes, who becomes obsessed with the idea of discovering the secret of the absolute, a hypothetical substance that... Read Full Overview

The Alkahest: Or, The House Of Claes Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original... Read Full Overview

Douai, la maison Cla s abrite une des familles les plus c l bres et plus authentiquement flamandes de la r gion. Balthazar Cla s, homme riche et cultiv , m ne la vie heureuse d'un grand bourgeois flamand. Il a t l' l ve de Lavoisier avec lequel il a tudi la chimie. Il adore... Read Full Overview

Ce roman philosophique explore la nature humaine et notre qu te infinie de la perfection et de la v rit . L'histoire suit un artiste qui est obs d par la cr ation de la sculpture ultime, repr sentant l'absolu et l'infini. Mais au fur et mesure que son obsession grandit,... Read Full Overview

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Regarded by many critics as one of Honore de Balzac's foremost literary achievements, the novel The Alkahest offers an incisive look at the dangers of obsession. Scientist Balthazar Claes begins his research into alchemical properties with the best of intentions, but before long,... 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

Dans un monde o la qu te de l'absolu consume les mes, Honor de Balzac nous entra ne dans l'univers complexe de la soci t fran aise du XIXe si cle. La recherche de l'absolu se d roule dans la ville de Douai, o l'alchimiste Balthazar Cla s se lance dans une qu te obsessionnelle... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Comment un riche Flamand se prend de passion pour la chimie et l'alchimie et veut d