Project Gutenberg 1998-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 204 Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 Balzac, Honore de Saint-Aubin, Horace de De Balzac, Honoré Balzac, H. de (Honoré de) Wormeley, Katharine Prescott 1830 1908 A Daughter of Eve Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger "A Daughter of Eve" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel written in the early to mid-19th century. The story delves into the lives of two sisters, Marie-Angelique and Marie-Eugenie de Granville, as they navigate the constraints of their upbringing under a strict mother and explore the complexities of love, marriage, and societal expectations. Through their experiences, Balzac paints a vivid picture of the societal norms and challenges faced by women of their time. At the start of the novel, the two sisters are depicted in a lavishly decorated boudoir, emotionally distressed and confiding in one another. The narrative establishes their background, revealing the rigid religious education and suffocating domestic life imposed by their mother, the Comtesse de Granville. Despite their innocence, the sisters yearn for independence and happiness as they prepare for marriage—an event both joyous and terrifying. This initial scene sets the stage for their contrasting futures as they marry into vastly different social circumstances, highlighting the themes of love, ambition, and the quest for personal fulfillment within the societal constraints of the era. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature 308748 2025-08-01T09:56:59.776151 text/html 315364 2021-01-27T19:42:53 text/html; charset=utf-8 182015 2025-08-01T09:57:06.240081 application/epub+zip 185595 2025-08-01T09:57:02.372107 application/epub+zip 181881 2025-08-01T09:57:01.208169 application/epub+zip 329226 2025-08-01T09:57:09.140063 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314466 2025-08-01T09:57:05.498086 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291297 2022-09-01T11:09:58.783472 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 269623 2025-08-01T09:56:59.218135 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 269649 2016-11-22T10:15:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 17190 2025-08-01T09:57:09.293074 application/rdf+xml 13643 2025-08-01T09:57:01.766123 image/jpeg 3499 2025-08-01T09:57:01.461103 image/jpeg 178051 2025-08-01T09:56:59.801120 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia