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His elegantly-crafted tale of sibling rivalry, Honor de Balzac's The Black Sheep is translated from the French with an introduction by Donald Adamson in Penguin Classics. Philippe and Joseph Bridau are two extremely different brothers. The elder, Philippe, is a superficially... Read Full Overview

His elegantly-crafted tale of sibling rivalry, Honor de Balzac's The Black Sheep is translated from the French with an introduction by Donald Adamson in Penguin Classics. Philippe and Joseph Bridau are two extremely different brothers. The elder, Philippe, is a superficially... Read Full Overview

Brothers Philippe and Joseph Bridau are completely unlike each other: Philippe, a once courageous soldier and Napoleon's former aide-de-camp, is their mother's favourite, while Joseph, a poor and aspiring artist, is the less favoured of the two. When their mother, Agathe, is... Read Full Overview

In 1792 the townspeople of Issoudun enjoyed the services of a physician named Rouget, whom they held to be a man of consummate malignity. Were we to believe certain bold tongues, he made his wife extremely unhappy, although she was the most beautiful woman of the neighborhood... Read Full Overview

The 1842 novel The Black Sheep by Honore de Balzac is perhaps one of the greatest novels of all time. The story of the Bridau family trying to regain their lost inheritance comes alive with vividly portrayed characters. The two children of Agathe Bridau could not be farther apart... Read Full Overview

Author Honor de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Com die Humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. Owing to his keen... Read Full Overview

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This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

In 1792 the townspeople of Issoudun enjoyed the services of a physician named Rouget, whom they held to be a man of consummate malignity. Were we to believe certain bold tongues, he made his wife extremely unhappy, although she was the most beautiful woman of the neighborhood... 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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

The Two Brothers

The comedi humaine.. Scenes from provincial life.

Un m nage de gar on est un roman fran ais d'Honor de Balzac paru en 1842. Avec Pierrette, La Vieille Fille et Le Cur de Tours, il fit d'abord partie du cycle des c libataires dans les Sc nes de la vie de province de La Com die humaine. C'est sous le titre Les Deux Fr res que... Read Full Overview

A Bachelor's Establishment is a novel by Anthony Trollope that explores the lives and loves of a group of young people as they navigate the complexities of Victorian society. Un M nage de Gar on is the French title of this delightful book.

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" En 1792, la bourgeoisie d'Issoudun jouissait d'un m?decin nomm? Rouget, qui passait pour un homme profond?ment malicieux. Au dire de quelques gens hardis, il rendait sa femme assez malheureuse, quoique ce f?t la plus belle femme de la ville. Peut-?tre cette femme ?tait-elle... Read Full Overview

Le docteur Rouget, malin et tyrannique, a su profiter de la R volution fran aise pour s'enrichir. Il a de plus pous l'a n e de la famille Descoings, n gociants enrichis gr ce l'achat de biens nationaux, comme de nombreux personnages de la Com die humaine (voir Eug nie Grandet)... Read Full Overview