Gobseck by Honoré de Balzac
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"Gobseck" by Honoré de Balzac is a novella written in 1830. Set during the French Restoration, it tells the story of Anastasie de Restaud, an aristocrat trapped in a loveless marriage who turns to the cunning moneylender Gobseck for financial help. As her affair and reckless spending spiral out of control, she becomes entangled in debts and schemes that threaten to destroy her family. This tale explores the corrupting power of money
through the lens of a mysterious usurer who is both petty miser and philosophical observer of human nature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Marriage, Ellen, 1865-1946 |
| Title | Gobseck |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobseck |
| Credits | Produced by Dagny, and Bonnie Sala, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1389 |
| Release Date | Oct 19, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 998 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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