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A Second Home

A Second Home

De Balzac, Honore

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Classic FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1419103172
ISBN13: 9781419103179
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 17 2004
Pages: 68
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.14 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
A Second Home is a novel written by the French author Honore De Balzac. The story revolves around the lives of two families, the Grandsire family and the Keller family. The Grandsires are a wealthy family who live in Paris, while the Kellers are a middle-class family from the countryside. The two families become intertwined when the Grandsires purchase a country estate near the Kellers' home.The novel explores themes such as social class, family dynamics, and love. The Grandsires are portrayed as snobbish and materialistic, while the Kellers are depicted as honest and hardworking. The two families clash over their different values and lifestyles, but also form unexpected bonds and relationships.The central characters of the novel are Pauline, the daughter of the Kellers, and Ernest, the son of the Grandsires. Pauline and Ernest fall in love despite their families' disapproval and struggle to navigate their relationship in the face of societal pressures and expectations.Balzac's writing style is characterized by his attention to detail and his ability to capture the complexities of human relationships. A Second Home is a poignant and insightful novel that offers a glimpse into the social and cultural landscape of 19th century France.The Rue du Tourniquet-Saint-Jean, formerly one of the darkest and most tortuous of the streets about the Hotel de Ville, zigzagged round the little gardens of the Paris Prefecture, and ended at the Rue Martroi, exactly at the angle of an old wall now pulled down. Here stood the turnstile to which the street owed its name; it was not removed till 1823.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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