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Author: Balzac
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Publish Date: 1998-10-01
Features: This book collects two long novels translated by Fu: Le Père Goriot and Albert Savarus. In the general index of La Comédie Humaine, they belong to the "Private Life" section of the "Social Studies" series. Source: Jingcai.com http://www.exvv.com
Le Père Goriot is one of Balzac's most outstanding works. Critics call Le Père Goriot the modern King Lear. However, in terms of social perspective, it holds deeper and broader significance than Shakespeare's famous play. Balzac's characters are not just individuals but typical figures of their time; the tragic elements are not limited to personal temperament but are more rooted in the decadent social environment. Madame de Balzac represents the declining aristocracy, ending her days in seclusion. Rastignac and Vautrin embody the two styles of the rising class: one infiltrates society like a plague, while the other crashes into it like a cannonball. The struggle for fame and fortune among the ambitious, intertwined with the desperate paternal love of Le Père Goriot, makes the novel even more fantastical and gripping. Source: Jingcai.com http://www.exvv.com
Albert Savarus is woven from two extraordinary love stories. The first is the tale of Albert, a bastard of a Belgian nobleman, and Archduchess Agiolo, a former Italian princess of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line. They meet by chance and fall in love at first sight; however, the princess is determined to remain loyal to her husband, who is fifty years her senior, and can only promise to fulfill their love after his death. When this devoted couple suffers misunderstandings due to a third party's interference, Albert decisively takes vows as a monk. This is a Platonic love. The second is the one-sided love of Rosalba, a noblewoman, for Albert. She truly loves him. But it is she who, in her desperation to win Albert's love, employs all means to destroy his happiness, leaving herself only with lifelong regret. This is a love driven by emotion. These two extraordinary love stories imbue the entire work with a rich romantic atmosphere, a unique style in Balzac's novels.