Lost Illusions - (Mint Editions) by Honoré de Balzac (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Lucien Chardon, an aspiring young author, leaves his small provincial hometown and attempts to succeed in Parisian literary circles of the early nineteenth century.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>Lost Illusions</i> (1837-1843) is a novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Written as part of his <i>La Comédie humaine</i> sequence, <i>Lost Illusions</i> looks at scenes of Parisian and provincial life involving friendship, desire, and literary ambition. Inspired by his own experiences as a journalist and publisher, Balzac sought to tell a story adjacent to his own, a story concerning a young man for whom talent is abundant but recognition is woefully scarce. The novel's protagonist, Lucien Chardon, features in Balzac's work <i>A Harlot High and Low</i>, as does the villain Vautrin, who appears toward the end of <i>Lost Illusions</i> and throughout <i>Father Goriot</i>, one of author's most popular and enduring works.</p> <p>The son of a middle-class father and aristocratic mother, Lucien Chardon is a promising young poet. He lives in Angoulême with his now-impoverished mother--who is also a widow--and his sister Ève. In the province, he spends his days with his loyal friend David Séchard, who encourages his literary lifestyle while studying to be a scientist. David's eventual marriage to Ève only brings the two friends closer together, but when Lucien meets the wealthy and influential Mme. de Bargeton, with whom he flees to Paris, their friendship is lost to Lucien's unstoppable ambition. In the city, abandoned by Mme. de Bargeton and living under his mother's maiden name, Lucien de Rubempré sacrifices morality, friendship, and family at the altar of poetry, slowly becoming another person altogether. <i>Lost Illusions</i> is one of Balzac's most sustained character studies, a novel which critiques humanity and high society as much as it does his own commercial interests as a professional writer.</p> <p>With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Honoré de Balzac's <i>Lost Illusions</i> is a classic of French literature reimagined for modern readers.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>An epic novel of ambition and betrayal, <i>Lost Illusions</i> is the story of Lucien Chardon, a talented and restless poet from the town of Angoulême who longs for literary success and a life in Paris. As he struggles to overcome the obstacles of poverty and a lack of social standing, Lucien is forced to make decisions which not only threaten the livelihoods of those closest to him, but gradually erode his sense of reality itself. <i>Lost Illusions</i> is one of Honoré de Balzac's finest works, containing some of his best and most ambiguous characters.</p>
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