Eugenie Grandet: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Eugenie Grandet is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Balzac, Honoré de (1799–1850). The listed translation credits are Wormeley, Katharine Prescott (1830–1908).

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"Eugenie Grandet" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1834. Set in provincial France after the Revolution, it tells the story of a young woman trapped under the tyranny of her miserly father, Felix Grandet, whose obsession with wealth controls every aspect of their household. When her charming cousin Charles arrives bearing news of family tragedy, Eugenie's act of generosity ignites her father's rage and sets in motion a tale of forbidden love, financial manipulation, and the crushing weight of avarice in nineteenth-century French society.

Book and edition facts

• Title: Eugenie Grandet
• Author credits: Balzac, Honoré de (1799–1850)
• Catalogue language: English
• Translator credits: Wormeley, Katharine Prescott (1830–1908)

Catalogue subjects

• Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
• France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
• French fiction -- Translations into English
• Misers -- Fiction

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• Category: French Literature
• Category: Novels

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