Lesser Bourgeoisie.
Title:
Lesser Bourgeoisie.
Author:
Wormeley, Katharine Prescott.
ISBN:
9781776539383
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (634 pages)
Contents:
Title -- Contents -- Dedication -- PART I - THE LESSER BOURGEOIS OF PARIS -- Chapter I - Departing Paris -- Chapter II - The History of a Tyranny -- Chapter III - Colleville -- Chapter IV - The Circle of Monsieur and Madame Thuillier -- Chapter V - A Principal Personage -- Chapter VI - A Keynote -- Chapter VII - The Worthy Phellions -- Chapter VIII - Ad Majorem Theodosis Gloriam -- Chapter IX - The Banker of the Poor -- Chapter X - How Brigitte was Won -- Chapter XI - The Reign of Theodose -- Chapter XII - Devils Against Devils -- Chapter XIII - The Perversity of Doves -- Chapter XIV - One of Cerizet's Female Clients -- Chapter XV - The Difficulties that Crop up in the Easiest of Thefts -- Chapter XVI - Du Portail -- Chapter XVII - In Which the Lamb Devours the Wolf -- Chapter XVIII - Set a Saint to Catch a Saint -- PART II - THE PARVENUS -- Chapter I - Phellion, Under a New Aspect -- Chapter II - The Provencal's Present Position -- Chapter III - Good Blood Cannot Lie -- Chapter IV - Hungary Versus Provence -- Chapter V - Showing How Near the Tarpeian Rock is to the Capitol -- Chapter VI - 'Twas Thus They Bade Adieu -- Chapter VII - How to Shut the Door in People's Faces -- Chapter VIII -- Chapter IX - Give and Take -- Chapter X - In Which Cerizet Practises the Healing Art and the Art of Poisoning on the Same Day -- Chapter XI - Explanations and What Came of Them -- Chapter XII - A Star -- Chapter XIII - The Man Who Thinks the Star Too Bright -- Chapter XIV - A Stormy Day -- Chapter XV - At du Portail's -- Chapter XVI - Checkmate to Thuillier -- Chapter XVII - In the Exercise of His Functions -- Translator's Note -- Addendum -- Endnotes.
Abstract:
Throughout his entire literary career, French writer Honore de Balzac was fascinated by the many ways in which social class can impact the trajectory of a life. In the early novel The Lesser Bourgeoisie, an ambitious young lawyer named Theodose de la Peyrade tries every trick in the book to ingratiate himself with the affluent Thuillier family -- and finds his integrity threatened along the way.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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