Honorine: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Honorine is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Balzac, Honoré de (1799–1850). The listed translation credits are Bell, Clara (1834–1927).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Honorine" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1843 as part of his series La Comédie humaine. Through a story-within-a-story, a consul recounts his time serving Count Octave, a melancholy nobleman whose beloved wife Honorine fled their marriage in shame. Though Octave secretly supports her from afar, she refuses all contact, consumed by remorse. The consul becomes an unwilling intermediary between the estranged couple, navigating questions of devotion, forgiveness, and the complexities of love and honor in Restoration-era France.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Honorine
- Author credits: Balzac, Honoré de (1799–1850)
- Catalogue language: English
- Translator credits: Bell, Clara (1834–1927)
Catalogue subjects
- French fiction -- Translations into English
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- Category: French Literature
- Category: Novels
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