Eugenie Grandet

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Eugenie Grandet
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Eugenie Grandet

Honoré de Balzac
Edition year 1953
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Dodie Masterman
Translator Ellen Marriage
Weight 1 Kg
Pages 216
Dimensions 22.7 × 14.9 cm

Edition details

Eugenie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac. Translated by Ellen Marriage. Eight leaves of soft-ground etchings by Dodie Masterman. Bound in dark green cloth with a design in red by John Westwood. White dust-jacket printed in grey and black. 22.7x14.9cm. 216pp.

About the book

Honoré de Balzac's Eugénie Grandet is set in the provincial French town of Saumur and centres on Eugénie, the gentle daughter of an extremely wealthy but obsessively miserly father. Her sheltered life changes when her handsome cousin Charles arrives from Paris, and Eugénie falls deeply in love with him. Balzac uses the story to examine the destructive power of money and the conflict between generosity and greed. Eugénie's emotional sincerity stands in sharp contrast to the calculations of those around her, creating a powerful study of family relationships, social ambition and disappointed love.

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