Celebrated Translations -- Euonyme Grandet The Old Man (Color Illustrations Edition) (Color Illustrations Edition)

Author: Balzac
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: "Eugénie Grandet" and "Père Goriot" are the two most renowned works in Balzac's series "La Comédie Humaine." The former portrays the character of Grandet, a miser who is obsessed with money and devoid of human compassion, in the gallery of world literary figures, revealing the bloody rise of the bourgeoisie and the social vices and moral degradation brought about by money worship. The latter criticizes the love and familial bonds built on the foundation of money, delivering a powerful indictment of a society consumed by materialism and moral decay.