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EugÃ(c)nie Grandet
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ISBN13: 9781025642932
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 258
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Eugénie Grandet is a foundational masterpiece of literary realism and one of the most significant works in Honoré de Balzac's sprawling La Comédie humaine. The novel provides a searing critique of the corrosive power of wealth through the story of the Grandet family in Saumur. At the heart of the narrative is Felix Grandet, a former cooper whose extreme avarice and shrewd financial dealings have earned him a massive fortune, even as he forces his wife and daughter, Eugénie, to live in self-imposed poverty.
The quiet, sheltered life of Eugénie is forever altered by the arrival of her cousin Charles, a dandy from Paris. Her blossoming love for him and her subsequent attempts to help him set her in direct conflict with her father's obsession with gold. Balzac expertly explores the tension between genuine human emotion and the cold, transactional nature of 19th-century provincial society. As Eugénie navigates her father's cruelty and the societal pressures of inheritance, she emerges as a figure of tragic nobility and strength.
Through meticulous detail and psychological depth, Eugénie Grandet remains a timeless exploration of character, social mobility, and the spiritual cost of material greed.
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