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Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
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Musicians -- Fiction.
Collectors and collecting -- Fiction.
Terminally ill -- Fiction.
Paris (France) -- Fiction.
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Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
Musicians -- Fiction.
Collectors and collecting -- Fiction.
Terminally ill -- Fiction.
Paris (France) -- Fiction.
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Cousin
Pons
:
part
two
of
poor
relations
/ Honore de Balzac ; translated and introduced by Herbert J. Hunt.
by
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
Penguin, 1968.
Call #:
FICTION BAL
Subjects
Musicians -- Fiction.
Collectors and collecting -- Fiction.
Terminally ill -- Fiction.
Paris (France) -- Fiction.
Series
Penguin classics.
URL856
Online reader's guide
ISBN:
9780140442052 (trade pbk.)
Description:
333 p. ; 18 cm.
Summary:
"Novel by Honore de Balzac, published in 1847 as Le
Cousin
Pons
. One of the novels that makes up Balzac's series La Comedie humaine (The Human Comedy),
Cousin
Pons
is often paired with La Cousine Bette under the title Les Parents pauvres ("The
Poor
Relations
"). One of the last and greatest of Balzac's novels of French urban society, the book tells the story of Sylvain
Pons
, a
poor
musician who is swindled by his wealthy relatives when they learn that his collection of art and antiques is worth a fortune. In contrast to his counterpart
Cousin
Bette, who seeks revenge against those who have humiliated her,
Cousin
Pons
suffers passively as his health deteriorates and he eventually dies. Balzac shows how a person without means can be crushed by a society that has no values except material ones."-- The Merriam-Webster Encylopedia of Literature.
Genre:
Classic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Other authors:
Hunt, Herbert J.
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Adult Fiction
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