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Louis Lambert

French novelist and playwright Honor? de Balzac is widely regarded as the founder of realism in European fiction, due to his keen observations and his unfiltered presentation of society. Although Balzac was a prolific writer finishing over ninety works in his life time he left... Read Full Overview

"Louis Lambert" par Honor? de Balzac. Honor? de Balzac ?tait un romancier, critique litt?raire, essayiste, journaliste et ?crivain fran?ais (1799-1850).

This novel begins with an overview of the main character's background. Louis Lambert, the only child of a tanner and his wife, is born in 1797 and begins reading at an early age. In 1811 he meets the real-life Swiss author Madame de Sta l (1766-1817), who - struck by his intellect... Read Full Overview

Ce roman, ?crit ? la premi?re personne, d?crit la rencontre du narrateur avec un jeune homme surdou?, ?tudiant au coll?ge des oratoriens de Vend?me gr'ce ? la protection de Madame de Sta?l. Absorb? par ses ?tudes personnelles, Louis reste ? l'?cart des autres. Il est souvent... Read Full Overview

Louis Lambert is an 1832 novel by French novelist and playwright Honor? de Balzac (1799-1850), included in the ?tudes philosophiques section of his novel sequence La Com?die humaine. Set mostly in a school at Vend?me, it examines the life and theories of a boy genius fascinated... Read Full Overview

Honor Balzac, dit Honor de Balzac (1799-1850) est un romancier, critique litt raire, essayiste, journaliste et crivain fran ais. Il est consid r comme l'un des plus grands crivains fran ais dans le domaine du roman r aliste, du roman philosophique et du roman fantastique... Read Full Overview

"Louis Lambert" from Honore De Balzac. French novelist and playwright (1799-1850).

"Louis Lambert" de Honor? de Balzac. Romancier, critique litt?raire, essayiste, journaliste et ?crivain fran?ais (1799-1850).

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

Histoire intellectuelle de Louis Lambert, par M. de Balzac, fragment extrait des "Romans et contes philosophiques"
Date de l' dition originale: 1833

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Louis Lambert was born at Montoire, a little town in the Vendomois, where his father owned a tannery of no great magnitude, and intended that his son should succeed him; but his precocious bent for study modified the paternal decision. For, indeed, the tanner and his wife adored... Read Full Overview

Louis Lambert was born at Montoire, a little town in the Vendomois, where his father owned a tannery of no great magnitude, and intended that his son should succeed him; but his precocious bent for study modified the paternal decision. For, indeed, the tanner and his wife adored... Read Full Overview

Louis Lambert was born at Montoire, a little town in the Vendomois, where his father owned a tannery of no great magnitude, and intended that his son should succeed him; but his precocious bent for study modified the paternal decision. For, indeed, the tanner and his wife adored... Read Full Overview