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Illusions Perdues
- 664 pages · about 11 hours
- First published 1837
- 71 editions
- Free to read
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1 About this book
Illusions perdues — in English, Lost Illusions — is a serial novel written by the French writer Honoré de Balzac between 1837 and 1843. It consists of three parts, starting in provincial France, thereafter moving to Paris, and finally returning to the provinces.
The book resembles another of Balzac's greatest novels, La Rabouilleuse (The Black Sheep, 1842), that is set in Paris and in the provinces. It forms part of the Scènes de la vie de province in La Comédie humaine.
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- Biography
- Social life and customs
- Art
- Aesthetics
- Musicians
- Composers
- Artists
- Manners and customs
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