Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 255 Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 Balzac, Honore de Saint-Aubin, Horace de De Balzac, Honoré Balzac, H. de (Honoré de) Eugénie Grandet Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A9nie_Grandet "Eugénie Grandet" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel written during the early 19th century. The book explores themes of wealth, avarice, and the constraints of social expectations in a provincial setting, focusing on the titular character, Eugénie Grandet, and her life under the strict domination of her miserly father, Monsieur Grandet. The opening of "Eugénie Grandet" sets an atmospheric tone, depicting the melancholic ambiance of a provincial town in Saumur, characterized by its quiet streets and the imposing presence of Monsieur Grandet’s house. We learn about Grandet's background as a once-ambitious tonnelier who cleverly amassed a fortune from the post-Revolutionary sales of church lands, eventually becoming the wealthiest man in the area. The narrative introduces the relationships within the Grandet household, particularly the dynamic between Eugénie, her submissive mother, and the hard-hearted, calculating nature of her father. As the story unfolds, we see the brewing tension around Eugénie's potential suitors amidst Grandet’s controlling grip over her life, foreshadowing the impending conflicts that wealth and familial duty will bring. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Fathers and daughters -- Fiction Misers -- Fiction France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Novels Category: French Literature 450244 2025-08-05T06:19:14.933394 text/html 450244 450245 2024-11-05T07:48:34.452994 2023-10-05T08:04:30.631081 text/html text/html 232467 2025-08-05T06:19:21.506400 application/epub+zip 239580 2025-08-05T06:19:16.753409 application/epub+zip 239580 2025-08-05T06:19:15.623387 application/epub+zip 426285 2025-08-05T06:19:25.156420 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406483 2025-08-05T06:19:20.723422 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381933 2022-09-05T11:26:10.385329 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413699 2025-08-05T06:19:14.545418 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 394098 2024-10-28T18:24:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18143 2025-08-05T06:19:25.283361 application/rdf+xml 13505 2025-08-05T06:19:16.121430 image/jpeg 3502 2025-08-05T06:19:15.872406 image/jpeg 231137 2025-08-05T06:19:14.973391 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia