Notes On The Ursule Mirouet Of H De Balzac Classic Reprint

Author : Félicien V. Paget
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ISBN 13 : 9781332170388
Total Pages : 60 pages
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Download or read book Notes on the Ursule Mirouet of H. De Balzac (Classic Reprint) written by Félicien V. Paget and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes on the Ursule Mirouet of H. De Balzac Valuable material was contributed to the following notes by the late Prof. Arsene Darmesteter of the University of Paris and by several gentlemen of the legal profession, who were freely consulted as experts. A work of Balzac is offered to students of French, in spite of the carelessness, the obscurity and the difficulty of his style and in the face of the absurdities of which he is guilty, for the reason that these faults are redeemed by his eminence in the depiction of character. It has been remarked by a careful English student of Balzac that he is as close an approximation to Shakespeare as France of to-day could make to England of the sixteenth century. In this connection mention of Goethe might also be made with advantage. Though these three can hardly be compared in means employed or ends accomplished, it is questionable whether modern times can show a fourth worthy to be ranked with them as students of humanity - as psychologists. Among the works of Balzac the Ursule Mirouet, though it presents few of his characteristics in all their intensity, was selected for students use because, it does not violate English decorum and because it avoids the distressing conclusion reached by so many of his works. It was Balzac's purpose, never fully carried out as planned, to present in his "Comedie Humaine" a complete picture of humanity in all ranks and professions. Naturally enough, in one work, allusions to characters fully set forth in other works abound. To obtain, therefore, the full enjoyment from one, it is necessary, as in reading Thackeray, to be familiar with the rest. Generally, however, and especially in the case of the Ursule Mirouet it is true, that the isolated work may be fully comprehended and greatly enjoyed by him who reads it and no other. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.