In spite of being one of the great French realists, Balzac seems to have been little discussed of late.
Here is a link to his Droll Stories and an invitation to read them and discuss them.
http://www.fullbooks.com/Droll-Stories-Complete1.html
In spite of being one of the great French realists, Balzac seems to have been little discussed of late.
Here is a link to his Droll Stories and an invitation to read them and discuss them.
http://www.fullbooks.com/Droll-Stories-Complete1.html
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Thanks for starting the thread, Danik! I think I will alternate reading some of these while reading Chekhov's stories.
My blog: https://frankhubeny.blog/
Thatīs going to be a study in realism.Perhaps Iīll do the same but first Iīll take a good look at these Balzac stories. I didnīt know anything about them.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
The three page introduction was funny.
My blog: https://frankhubeny.blog/
"Since laughter is a privilege granted to man alone, and he has sufficient causes for tears within his reach, without adding to them by books, I have considered it a thing most patriotic to publish a drachm of merriment for these times, when weariness falls like a fine rain, wetting us, soaking into us, and dissolving those ancient
customs which make the people to reap public amusement from the Republic."
Balzac, Prologue
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
So far Balzac is more humorous than Chekhov whose humor is somewhat sarcastic, but I haven't read that much of either one yet.
My blog: https://frankhubeny.blog/
The story of Imperia is very funny, but I havenīt finished it yet.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
I read several of the first stories, some of them are linked.They mostly poke fun at the Catholic notion of virtue.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
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