Honoré de Balzac

'Who is going to marry Eugénie Grandet?' This is the question that fills the minds of the inhabitants of Saumur, the setting for Eugénie Grandet (1833), one of the the earliest and most famous novels in Balzac's Comédie humaine. The Grandet household, oppressed by the exacting miserliness of Grandet himself, is jerked violently out of routine by the sudden arrival of Eugénie's cousin Charles, recently orphaned and penniless. Eugénie's emotional awakening, stimulated by her love for her cousin, brings her into direct conflict with her father, whose cunning and financial success are matched against her determination to rebel. Eugénie's moving story is set against the backdrop of provincial oppression, the vicissitudes of the wine trade, and the workings of the financial system in the aftermath of the French Revolution. It is both a poignant portrayal of private life and a vigorous fictional document of its age. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Honor? de Balzacs einfühlsam erzählte Liebesgeschichte - ein Bestseller für alle Zeiten. Als die junge Julie d'Aiglemont einen stattlichen Reiteroffizier der Napoleonischen Armee heiratet, wähnt sie sich am Ziel all ihrer Wünsche. Doch rasch folgt die Ernüchterung, denn ihr Ehemann erweist sich als erzlangweilig und egozentrisch. Nach Jahren des trostlosen Zusammenlebens, ?in jenem schönen Alter von dreißig Jahren, jenem poetischen Gipfel im Leben einer Frau?, tritt auf einmal der Comte de Vandenesse in ihr Leben ...