Alphonse high

Author: Written by Balzac
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Publish Date: 1998-10-01
Features: The Father of High is one of Balzac's outstanding works. Critics call it the modern King Lear. However, in terms of social perspective, it holds deeper and broader significance than Shakespeare's famous play. The struggle of ambitious individuals for fame and fortune, intertwined with the desperate paternal love of the high father, makes the novel's content even more fantastical and captivating. Albert Savarus is woven from two extraordinary love stories. The first is the love story between Albert, the illegitimate son of a Belgian nobleman, and Agiolo, the former princess of the Italian Soudani, the Duchess of Agiolo. The other is the unrequited love of noblewoman Rosalina for Albert.