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Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac, a semi-autobiographical novel that draws on aspects of the author’s own experiences as a printer, writer, journalist and would-be inventor. It centres on a pair of childhood friends from Angoulême, one of whom seeks fame and fortune in Paris while the other struggles to keep his printing business afloat in his hometown. However, the corruption and decadence of Paris may lead them both to ruin…
Lost Illusions is the longest novel in Honoré de Balzac’s monumental series
La Comédie Humaine, which comprised more than 90 loosely connected works of fiction that aimed to create a comprehensive portrait of French society. Balzac is considered to be one of the most important French authors of the 19th century, and was one of the leading figures of the realist movement.
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