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The Elixir of Life

The Elixir of Life

De Balzac, Honore

Hardcover

Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1161462090
ISBN13: 9781161462098
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: May 23 2010
Pages: 26
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.25 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The Elixir of Life is a novel written by Honore De Balzac, a French author and playwright. The book is set in 1830s Paris and follows the story of a young man named Hector Hulot, who is desperately seeking a way to prolong his life. Hulot is convinced that he has discovered the secret to eternal youth and sets out to find the elixir of life.As he embarks on his quest, Hulot becomes entangled in a web of deceit and intrigue, encountering a cast of characters who are all vying for the same prize. Along the way, he falls in love with a beautiful young woman named Valerie Marneffe, who is married to a wealthy but impotent man.As Hulot's obsession with the elixir of life grows stronger, he becomes increasingly isolated from those around him, including his own family. His single-minded pursuit of eternal youth leads him down a dark and dangerous path, and he must ultimately confront the consequences of his actions.The Elixir of Life is a powerful exploration of the human desire for immortality and the lengths to which people will go to achieve it. Balzac's vivid and detailed portrayal of 19th-century Parisian society provides a rich backdrop for this gripping tale of love, betrayal, and obsession.Or was it, perhaps, that at the outset of an orgy there is a certain unwonted lucidity of mind? Despite the taper light, the clamor of the senses, the gleam of gold and silver, the fumes of wine, and the exquisite beauty of the women, there may perhaps have been in the depths of the revelers' hearts some struggling glimmer of reverence for things divine and human, until it was drowned in glowing floods of wine!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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