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Szuanie, czyli Bretania w roku 1799. Les Chouans ou la Bretagne en 1799
Jest rok 1799, w Bretanii trwają walki z szuanami. Wobec niepowodzeń ponoszonych przez oddział kierowany przez młodego republikanina Hulota, Joseph Fouché wpada na pomysł schwytania wodza monarchistów, markiza de Montauran zwanego Gars, za pomocą zasadzki. Kluczem do jej powodzenia ma być młoda arystokratka, Maria de Verneuil, która w zamiarze Fouche'a ma rozkochać w sobie legendarnego szuana, a następnie wydać go w ręce republikanów. Wspiera ją w tym ambitny agent policyjny Corentin. Zamiary policji republikańskiej są początkowo realizowane zgodnie z planem, lecz potem, nieoczekiwanie (za Wikipedią). Co było dalej można się dowiedziec po przeczytaniu całej powieści. Książka w dwóch wersjach językowych: polskiej i francuskiej Version bilingue: polonaise et française.
Tajemniczy dwór. La Grande Breteche
"Honoré de Balzac: Tajemniczy dwór. La Grande Bretche. Książka w dwóch wersjach językowych: polskiej i francuskiej. Version bilingue: polonaise et française. Trzymająca w napięciu opowieść genialnego francuskiego autora. Fragment: O jakie sto kroków od Vendôme, nad brzegami rzeki Loir rzekł znajduje się stary, ciemny dom z wysokim dachem, a tak zupełnie samotny, że nie ma w pobliżu ani cuchnącej garbarni, ani lichej oberży, jaką widuje się prawie pod każdym miasteczkiem. Przy domu jest ogród dochodzący do rzeki, w którym dawne szpalery rosną obecnie dziko. Wierzby, kąpiące się korzeniami w rzece, wyrosły szybko niby żywopłot i zasłaniają prawie zupełnie dom. Bujne chwasty stroją wody. Drzewa owocowe, zaniedbane od dziesięciu lat, przestały dawać owoce, a dziczki ich tworzą zarośla. Podobnie wyglądają szpalery. Ścieżki, niegdyś gracowane, zarosły zielskiem; po prawdzie nie ma już ani śladu ścieżek. Z góry, na której sterczą ruiny starego zamku książąt Vendôme, jedynego miejsca, skąd oko może jeszcze zajrzeć w tę posiadłość, widzi się, że w epoce którą trudno jest oznaczyć zakątek ów tworzył mały raik jakiegoś posiadacza zajętego różami, tulipanami, ogrodnika, ale zwłaszcza lubującego się w owocach. Widać też altankę, a raczej jej szczątki, a wśród nich stół, któremu czas nie dał jeszcze rady. Z ruin tego ogrodu, którego już nie ma, odgaduje się leniwe rozkosze prowincji, tak jak zgaduje się życie poczciwego kupca czytając napis na jego grobie. Jakby dla dopełnienia smutnych i cichych myśli, które ogarniają duszę, na jednej ze ścian znajduje się kompas ozdobiony tym zbożnym napisem: Ultima Cogita. Dach na tym domu jest straszliwie pozapadany, żaluzje zawsze spuszczone, balkony pokryte gniazdami jaskółek, drzwi stale zamknięte. Bujna trawa znaczy zielonymi liniami szczeliny w kamiennych schodach, żelazne poręcze pordzewiały. Księżyc, słońce, zima, lato, śnieg wyżłobiły drzewo, spaczyły deski, zżarły malowania. Głuchą ciszę, która tam panuje, mącą jedynie ptaki, koty, kuny, szczury i myszy, mogące tam swobodnie uganiać, bić się, zjadać się wzajem. Niewidzialna ręka wypisała wszędzie to słowo: Tajemnica. une centaine de pas environ de Vendôme, sur les bords du Loir, dit-il, il se trouve une vieille maison brune, surmontée de toits trs élevés, et si compltement isolée quil nexiste lentour ni tannerie puante ni méchante auberge, comme vous en voyez aux abords de presque toutes les petites villes. Devant ce logis est un jardin donnant sur la rivire, et o les buis, autrefois ras qui dessinaient les allées, croissent maintenant leur fantaisie. Quelques saules, nés dans le Loir, ont rapidement poussé comme la haie de clôture, et cachent demi la maison. Les plantes que nous appelons mauvaises décorent de leur belle végétation le talus de la rive. Les arbres fruitiers, négligés depuis dix ans, ne produisent plus de récolte, et leurs rejetons forment des taillis. Les espaliers ressemblent des charmilles. Les sentiers, sablés jadis, sont remplis de pourpier; mais, ai vrai dire, il ny a plus trace de sentier. Du haut de la montagne sur laquelle pendent les ruines du vieux château des ducs de Vendôme, le seul endroit do lil puisse plonger sur cet enclos, on se dit que, dans un temps quil est difficile de déterminer, ce coin de terre fit les délices de quelque gentilhomme occupé de roses, de tulipiers, dhorticulture en un mot, mais surtout gourmand de bons fruits. On aperçoit une tonnelle, ou plutôt les débris dune tonnelle sous laquelle est encore une table que le temps na pas entirement dévorée. A laspect de ce jardin qui nest plus, les joies négatives de la vie paisible dont on jouit en province se devinent, comme on devine lexistence dun bon négociant en lisant lépitaphe de sa tombe. Pour compléter les idées tristes et douces qui saisissent lâme, un des murs offre un cadran solaire orné de cette inscription bourgeoisement chrétienne: ULTIMAM COGITA!"
Emilie de Fontaine is a spoiled and pround brat. She rejects all suitors her father proposes. Emilie has incredibly high standards for the man she will marry, and at the top of her unreasonable list of criteria is that he absolutely must be a peer of France. Leaving Paris for the summer, as all good families do, they go to Sceaux. At the local ball, Emilie falls in love with a charming, beautifully mannered, elegant young man. Is he noble? Will he bestow a title on his wife? Will it matter if he turns out to be a commoner? One of the pieces of Balzacs La Comédie Humaine, this work reflects the narrow-mindedness of the peerage of French society. The mind-set of people is presented in an elucidating manner that reflects their thinking. The whims and fancies of youthful maidens and young gentlemen and their frivolous attitudes to life are depicted in an interesting manner.
Two works of 1829 brought Balzac to the brink of success. Les Chouans, the first novel he felt enough confidence about to have published under his own name, is a historical novel about the Breton peasants called Chouans who took part in a royalist insurrection against Revolutionary France in 1799 that occurred in the region between Brittany and Nantes and Balzac places his story in this accurate historic contest. Balzac is one of Frances greatest storytellers and this particular thriller is one of his most spine-tingling ones. In it, an aristocrat, Marie de Verneuil, is sent by Joseph Fouché, the terrible minister of police to seduce and capture their leader, the Marquis de Montauran, known as the Guy (le Gars). She must be helped by a skillful, ambitious and unscrupulous policeman, Corentin. But Marie falls in love with her target...
The Country Doctor (Le Médecin de Campagne), by Honoré de Balzac, belongs to the series known as Scenes from Country Life; a part of his great cycle of fiction, The Comedy of Human Life. It is one of Balzacs noblest pieces of fiction, presenting beautiful traits of human nature with sympathy and power. The scene is laid in a village near Grenoble in France, and the story begins with the year 1829. Doctor Benassis is the title character of this novel. He is a compassionate and conscientious physician who ministers to the psychological and spiritual as well as physical needs of the villagers among whom he has chosen to practice medicine. A chance visitor is enchanted with the small, exceedingly well-run village and intrigued by the unparalleled popularity of Doctor Benassis. Slowly he learns the history, not only of the village but of the man himself, including why he buried himself in such a remote area.
This is one of the three novelettes that are grouped together as The History of the Thirteen, along with Ferragus: Chief of the Companions of Duty and The Girl with the Golden Eyes. The whole notion is that there is a secret society of wealthy gentlemen in Paris called The Thirteen which has powers approaching the supernatural. General Armand de Montriveau, a war hero, is enamored of Duchess Antoinette de Langeais, a coquettish, married noblewoman who invites him to a ball but ultimately refuses his sexual advances and then disappears. Assisted by the powerful group known as The Thirteen, who subscribe to an occult form of freemasonry, General Montriveau finds the duchess in a Spanish monastery of Discalced Carmelites under the name of Sister Theresa. The ending is romantic and highly tumultuous. Highly recommended!
The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy. Part one is entitled Ferragus and part two is The Duchesse de Langeais. The three stories are frequently combined under the title The Thirteen. It tells the story of a rich and ruthless young man in nineteenth century Paris caught up in an amorous entanglement with a mysterious beauty. Henri de Marsay, a young dandy who is obsessed with appearances, a physically beautiful but spiritually empty young man who devotes all his time to the pursuit of sensation and sensual pleasure. He develops a burning lust for the inaccessible golden-eyed girl of the title, Paquita Valdes. He becomes determined to win her love, regardless of whatever, or whoever, stands in his path. If you enjoy the works of Honoré de Balzac then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
Autobiographical and exceptionally romantic, The Lily of the Valley is an 1835 novel about love and society by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (17991850) and is one of his personal favorites among his innumerable novels. The creator of the Human Comedy brings his creative insight to a portrait of a lady and a love affair set in the Loire valley. It concerns the affection emotionally vibrant but never consummated between Felix de Vandenesse and Henriette de Mortsauf. The young and successful Felix, a young man with a dark past always turned away, always unloved, begins a forthright correspondence on the subject of love with Henriette. Her unexpected reply to his candid reminiscences, however, reveals the truth about his lily of the valley and the feminine side of amour.