Fiction · 1848
The Brotherhood of Consolation
Honoré de Balzac · translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
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Contents
- I — The Malady of the Age
- II — Old House, Old People, Old Customs
- III — The House of Mongenod
- IV — Farewell to the Life of the World
- V — The Influence of Books
- Chapter XII — The Royal Way of the Holy Cross
- VI — The Business of the House of Chanterie and Company
- VII — Monsieur Alain Tells His Secrets
- VIII — Who She Was—Wife and Mother
- IX — The Legal Statement
- X — Pray for Those Who Despitefully Use You and Persecute You
- XI — Second Episode. The Initiate: The Police of the Good God
- XII — A Case to Investigate
- XIII — Further Investigations
- XIV — How the Poor and Helpless Are Preyed Upon
- XV — An Evening with Vanda
- XVI — A Lesson in Charity
- XVII — Halpersohn
- XVIII — Who Monsieur Bernard Was
- Spirit of Modern Laws
- XIX — Vengeance
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About the author
1799–1850 · Romantic
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) naît à Tours. Après des études de droit, il se lance dans l’imprimerie et l’édition ; ces entreprises échouent et le laissent, dès 1828, endetté de plus de soixante mille francs. Il revient à l’écriture : Les Chouans (1829) est son premier roman publié sous son nom. Il conçoit ensuite La Comédie humaine, un cycle de plus de quatre-vingt-dix romans et nouvelles retraçant la société française de son temps, dont Eugénie Grandet (1833) et Le Père Goriot (1835). Après dix-huit ans de correspondance, il épouse la comtesse polonaise Ewelina Hańska en mars 1850 ; il meurt à Paris cinq mois plus tard.
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