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Une passion dans le désert (French Edition) Kindle Edition

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La Comédie humaine - Études de moeurs. Cinquième livre, Scènes de la vie militaire. Treizième volume de l'édition Furne 1842. Extrait : Après avoir marché pendant quelque temps dans le sable avec tout le courage d’un forçat qui s’évade, le soldat fut forcé de s’arrêter, le jour finissait. Malgré la beauté du ciel pendant les nuits en Orient, il ne se sentit pas la force de continuer son chemin. Il avait heureusement pu gagner une éminence sur le haut de laquelle s’élançaient quelques palmiers, dont les feuillages aperçus depuis longtemps avaient réveillé dans son cœur les plus douces espérances. Sa lassitude était si grande qu’il se coucha sur une pierre de granit, capricieusement taillée en lit de camp, et s’y endormit sans prendre aucune précaution pour sa défense pendant son sommeil. Il avait fait le sacrifice de sa vie. Sa dernière pensée fut même un regret. Il se repentait déjà d’avoir quitté les Maugrabins dont la vie errante commençait à lui sourire, depuis qu’il était loin d’eux et sans secours.

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Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) est l'un des plus grands écrivains français. Tour à tour romancier, journaliste et dramaturge, il dépeint dans son œuvre la société de son époque et notamment la vie parisienne dans toute sa gloire et sa décadence.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BUCPZL6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bibebook; 0 edition (June 9, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 9, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ French
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1464 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 36 pages
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Honoré de Balzac

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Honoré de Balzac (/ˈbɔːlzæk, ˈbæl-/; French: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak], born Honoré Balzac, 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. His writing influenced many famous writers, including the novelists Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Jack Kerouac and Henry James, as well as important philosophers such as Friedrich Engels. Many of Balzac's works have been made into films, and they continue to inspire other writers.

An enthusiastic reader and independent thinker as a child, Balzac had trouble adapting to the teaching style of his grammar school. His willful nature caused trouble throughout his life and frustrated his ambitions to succeed in the world of business. When he finished school, Balzac was apprenticed in a law office, but he turned his back on the study of law after wearying of its inhumanity and banal routine. Before and during his career as a writer, he attempted to be a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician; he failed in all of these efforts. La Comédie Humaine reflects his real-life difficulties, and includes scenes from his own experience.

Balzac suffered from health problems throughout his life, possibly due to his intense writing schedule. His relationship with his family was often strained by financial and personal drama, and he lost more than one friend over critical reviews. In 1850, Balzac married Ewelina Hańska, a Polish aristocrat and his longtime love; he died in Paris five months later.

Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Louis-Auguste Bisson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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lou
5.0 out of 5 stars Une livraison dans les temps et un exemplaire en très bon état
Reviewed in France on February 1, 2015
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Cette courte nouvelle de Balzac nous donne un aperçu sur un talent ignoré de cet auteur qui sait aussi nous enchanter avec un petit texte
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Clementina Candelli
5.0 out of 5 stars Capolavoro
Reviewed in Italy on August 5, 2014
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L'avevo letto, in italiano,da ragazzina ma non lo ricordavo,poi leggendo La sirena di Tomasi di Lampedusa (altro splendido racconto) ho trovato una citazione.Racconto di stupefacente bellezza,pervaso di erotismo e di esotismo lo consiglio a tutti coloro che amano la grande letteratura.
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Daniele macchitella
4.0 out of 5 stars Piccolo gioiello
Reviewed in Italy on February 28, 2023
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È una novella breve quasi aneddotica ma Balzac la più grande penna che la Francia abbia mai avuto riesce a rendere oro qualunque cosa. Una frase una considerazione una descrizione ci rendono la meravigliosa arte che gli apparteneva
Consigliato per chi come me e appassionato della commedia umana in ogni suo dettaglio
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4.0 out of 5 stars breve racconto
Reviewed in Italy on February 26, 2023
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Un breve racconto che si legge in poco tempo utile per saggiare le qualità letterarie dell'autore.
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