Modeste Mignon(1844)
Honoré de BalzacΝίκος ΑθανασιάδηςIsabel St. Aubyn
We are in Le Havre. A merchant sets off to rebuild his fortune in the South Seas, leaving behind the most exquisite girl, Modeste Mignon. Modeste maintains a correspondence with a famous writer, Canalis, elegiac poet and bigoted careerist, through whom Balzac was not shy to reveal a few traits to Lamartine and Vigny. But it is Canalis' secretary, Ernest de la Brière, who answers the letters and falls madly in love with Modeste. The deception is discovered when the father of the young girl returns from India, fortune made and more than done. Enticed by the dowry, Canalis rushes to Le Havre, taking Ernest with him. That makes two suitors and there will even be a third: a duke, because Balzac always has a duke in reserve up his pants. Which of the three will win?
(French description translated by Google translate)
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176
English
1/1/1844
9781846378003
1846378001
La Comédie Humaine Series
BOOK 10
Domestic Peace
BOOK 11
Madame Firmiani
BOOK 12
Study of a Woman
BOOK 13
The Imaginary Mistress
BOOK 14
A Daughter Of Eve
BOOK 15
The Message
BOOK 19
Honorine
BOOK 2
The Ball At Sceaux
BOOK 22
A Woman Of Thirty
BOOK 23
Père Goriot
BOOK 25
The Atheist’s Mass
BOOK 26
Commission In Lunacy
BOOK 27
The Marriage Contract
BOOK 28
Another Study Of Woman
BOOK 29
Ursula
BOOK 3
Letters of Two Brides
BOOK 30
Eugénie Grandet
BOOK 31
Pierrette
BOOK 32
The Vicar Of Tours
BOOK 33
The Black Sheep
BOOK 34
The Illustrious Gaudissart
BOOK 35
The Muse of the Department
BOOK 38
Lost Illusions
BOOK 39
Cesar Birotteau
BOOK 4
The Purse
BOOK 40
The Firm Of Nucingen
BOOK 41
A Harlot High and Low
BOOK 42
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
BOOK 43
Facino Cane
BOOK 45
Pierre Grassou
BOOK 46
A Man Of Business
BOOK 47
A Prince Of Bohemia
BOOK 49
The Bureaucrats
BOOK 5
Modeste Mignon
BOOK 50
Unconcious Comedians
BOOK 51
The Lesser Bourgeoisie
BOOK 52
The Wrong Side of Paris
BOOK 55
The Girl With The Golden Eyes
BOOK 56
Cousin Bette
BOOK 57
Cousin Pons
BOOK 58
An Episode Under The Terror
BOOK 59
A Murky Business
BOOK 6
A Start in Life
BOOK 60
The Deputy Of Arcis
BOOK 62
The Chouans
BOOK 63
A Passion In The Desert
BOOK 64
The Country Doctor
BOOK 68
The Wild Ass's Skin
BOOK 69
Christ in Flanders
BOOK 7
Albert Savarus
BOOK 70
Melmoth Reconciled
BOOK 71
The Unknown Masterpiece
BOOK 72
Gambara
BOOK 73
Massimilla Doni
BOOK 74
The Quest Of The Absolute
BOOK 75
The Hated Son
BOOK 76
Adieu
BOOK 77
Juana
BOOK 78
The Recruit
BOOK 80
A Drama On The Seashore
BOOK 81
Maître Cornélius
BOOK 83
Catherine De' Medici
BOOK 84
The Elixir Of Life
BOOK 85
The Exiles
BOOK 86
Louis Lambert
BOOK 87
Seraphita
BOOK 88
The Physiology of Marriage
BOOK 9
A Second Home
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