Project Gutenberg 2017-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 366 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 Letters to Madame Hanska, born Countess Rzewuska, afterwards Madame Honoré de Balzac, 1833-1846 Produced by Dagny and Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (online soon in an extended version, also linking to free sources for education worldwide ... MOOC's, educational materials,...) Images generously made available by the Internet Archive. "Letters to Madame Hanska, born Countess Rzewuska, afterwards Madame Honoré de Balzac" by Honoré de Balzac is a collection of correspondence written from 1833 to 1846. It captures the intimate letters between Balzac and Madame Hanska, chronicling the evolution of their relationship, which ultimately led to their marriage. This correspondence provides a glimpse into Balzac's personal life, thoughts, and creative struggles, offering readers profound insights into his character and the emotional landscape he navigated as both a writer and lover. At the start of the collection, Balzac's letters reveal a heartfelt and romantic tone as he communicates with Madame Hanska, whom he refers to as "l'Étrangère." He expresses his admiration and deep emotional connection to her, treating the correspondence as a sanctuary away from the pressures of his literary career and personal challenges. Throughout the opening letters, he shares his artistic ambitions, struggles with debt, and his desire for recognition, while also reflecting on love, solitude, and the constant pursuit of happiness. The beginning sets the stage for their developing relationship, highlighting the intersection of romance and literary passion during a period fraught with turmoil for Balzac himself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Authors, French -- 19th century -- Correspondence Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 -- Correspondence Balzac, Honoré de, Madame, approximately 1800-1881 or 1882 -- Correspondence PQ Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature Category: Biographies Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: French Literature 1573324 2025-06-21T15:08:46.667022 text/html 1572726 2024-10-23T01:56:10 text/html 776927 2025-06-21T15:09:05.861870 application/epub+zip 801663 2025-06-21T15:08:49.473962 application/epub+zip 725471 2025-06-21T15:08:48.082952 application/epub+zip 1192307 2025-06-21T15:09:17.819848 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1127697 2025-06-21T15:09:04.151932 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1051562 2022-09-24T19:55:31.406197 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1460455 2025-06-21T15:08:43.716021 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1440127 2024-10-23T01:56:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18203 2025-06-21T15:09:17.999812 application/rdf+xml 10905 2025-06-21T15:08:48.248947 image/jpeg 2107 2025-06-21T15:08:48.166010 image/jpeg 703456 2025-06-21T15:08:46.818949 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 en.wikipedia