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Honoré De Balzac The Wrong Side of Paris (Paperback) Modern Library Classics
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- Book Title
- Wrong Side of Paris
- Publication Name
- The Wrong Side of Paris
- Title
- The Wrong Side of Paris
- Translator
- Jordan Stump
- Contributor
- Jordan Stump (Translated by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0812966759
- EAN
- 9780812966756
- ISBN
- 9780812966756
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Genre
- Fiction
- Release Date
- 12/04/2005
- Release Year
- 2005
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 7.9in
- Item Width
- 5.2in
- Item Weight
- 7.8 Oz
- Series
- Modern Library Classics
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Topic
- Classics, Literary, Historical
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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The Wrong Side of Paris, the final novel in Balzac's The Human Comedy, is the compelling story of Godefroid, an abject failure at thirty, who seeks refuge from materialism by moving into a monastery-like lodging house in the shadows of Notre-Dame. Presided over by Madame de La Chanterie, a noblewoman with a tragic past, the house is inhabited by a remarkable band of men--all scarred by the tumultuous aftermath of the French Revolution--who have devoted their lives to performing anonymous acts of charity. Intrigued by the Order of the Brotherhood of Consolation and their uplifting dedication to virtuous living, Godefroid strives to follow their example. He agrees to travel--incognito--to a Parisian slum to save a noble family from ruin. There he meets a beautiful, ailing Polish woman who lives in great luxury, unaware that just outside her bedroom door her own father and son are suffering in dire poverty. By proving himself worthy of the Brotherhood, Godefroid finds his own spiritual redemption. This vivid portrait of the underbelly of nineteenth-century Paris, exuberantly rendered by Jordan Stump, is the first major translation in more than a century of Balzac's forgotten masterpiece L'Envers de l'histoire contemporaine. Featuring an illuminating Introduction by Adam Gopnik, this original Modern Library edition also includes explanatory notes.
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Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0812966759
ISBN-13
9780812966756
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Book Title
Wrong Side of Paris
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Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Classics, Literary, Historical
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
272 Pages
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Item Length
7.9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
7.8 Oz
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"What a glorious find! Here is a tale of strange and wonderful passions, mystery, intrigue, and the dark night of the soul. In this fresh and fluent translation, Balzac's masterful depiction of our human comedy proves once again that this giant of the nineteenth-century novel will always remain among the most modern of writers." -Linda Coverdale "Smartly paced, passionately full of Parisian excitement, this brisk new translation proves that the French master never lost his powerful, teeming urgency. Balzac's last novel deserves its posthumous place in La Comdie humaine." - Burton Raffel "Baudelaire was surprised that Balzac's reputation depended on passing for an "observer"; for me , the poet said of the novelist, his great virtue lies in the fact that he was a visionary, a passionate visionary . Such a judgment brings us, not face to face but as in a glass darkly, to the Master's last, flagrantly figmentary fiction, wonderfully titled in English to form the revelatory equation: Paris = history . Mr. Stump has again triumphed over his material, which means that the material here stands forth in all its messy, enthralling richesse , and with excellent notes into the bargain , as Balzac would say." - Richard Howard From the Hardcover edition., "What a glorious find! Here is a tale of strange and wonderful passions, mystery, intrigue, and the dark night of the soul. In this fresh and fluent translation, Balzac's masterful depiction of our human comedy proves once again that this giant of the nineteenth-century novel will always remain among the most modern of writers." -Linda Coverdale "Smartly paced, passionately full of Parisian excitement, this brisk new translation proves that the French master never lost his powerful, teeming urgency. Balzac's last novel deserves its posthumous place in La Comédie humaine." -Burton Raffel "Baudelaire was surprised that Balzac's reputation depended on passing for an "observer";for me, the poet said of the novelist,his great virtue lies in the fact that he was a visionary, a passionate visionary. Such a judgment brings us, not face to face but as in a glass darkly, to the Master's last, flagrantly figmentary fiction, wonderfully titled in English to form the revelatory equation:Paris = history. Mr. Stump has again triumphed over his material, which means that the material here stands forth in all its messy, enthrallingrichesse, and with excellent notesinto the bargain, as Balzac would say." -Richard Howard From the Hardcover edition., "What a glorious find! Here is a tale of strange and wonderful passions, mystery, intrigue, and the dark night of the soul. In this fresh and fluent translation, Balzac's masterful depiction of our human comedy proves once again that this giant of the nineteenth-century novel will always remain among the most modern of writers." -Linda Coverdale "Smartly paced, passionately full of Parisian excitement, this brisk new translation proves that the French master never lost his powerful, teeming urgency. Balzac's last novel deserves its posthumous place in La Comédie humaine." - Burton Raffel "Baudelaire was surprised that Balzac's reputation depended on passing for an "observer"; for me , the poet said of the novelist, his great virtue lies in the fact that he was a visionary, a passionate visionary . Such a judgment brings us, not face to face but as in a glass darkly, to the Master's last, flagrantly figmentary fiction, wonderfully titled in English to form the revelatory equation: Paris = history . Mr. Stump has again triumphed over his material, which means that the material here stands forth in all its messy, enthralling richesse , and with excellent notes into the bargain , as Balzac would say." - Richard Howard From the Hardcover edition.
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