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 Project Gutenberg 2022-01-28 Public domain in the USA. 275 Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 Balzac, Honore de Saint-Aubin, Horace de De Balzac, Honoré Balzac, H. de (Honoré de) La Comédie humaine - Volume 12. Scènes de la vie parisienne et scènes de la vie politique $aFrance :$bMadame veuve Alexandre Houssiaux,$c1868. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Com%C3%A9die_humaine Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Com%C3%A9die_humaine Scènes de la vie parisienne: Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (troisième partie: Où mènent les mauvais chemins). Un prince de la Bohème. Une esquisse d'homme d'affaires d'après nature. Gaudissart II. Les comédiens sans le savoir -- Scènes de la vie politique: Un épisode sous la Terreur. Une ténébreuse affaire. Z. Marcas. L'envers de l'histoire contemporaine (premier épisode). Le député d'Arcis. Lettres édifiantes. Claudine Corbasson, Hans Pieterse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "La Comédie humaine - Volume 12. Scènes de la vie parisienne et scènes de la vie…" by Honoré de Balzac is a collection of interrelated stories and scenes written in the mid-19th century. The work delves into the intricacies of Parisian society and human behavior, primarily focusing on characters navigating the complexities of ambition, crime, and morality. Notably, the narrative follows the characters Lucien de Rubempré and Jacques Collin, entwined in a tumultuous legal drama that vividly portrays the city's social fabric. At the start of this volume, two prisoners, Jacques Collin and Lucien de Rubempré, are being transported to the Conciergerie by the infamous "panier à salade," a vehicle used for prisoner transfer in Paris. The narrative introduces the contrast between the two men: Lucien, once at the height of social success, now hiding from public scrutiny, and Collin, known for his cunning manipulation of the criminal justice system. As they make their way through the city, the author provides detailed commentary on the workings of the French legal system and society's perceptions of justice, setting the stage for the unfolding drama surrounding their criminal charges and personal entanglements. The opening establishes an atmosphere of intrigue and foreshadows the central conflict that will drive the plot forward. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_8ytgZNv5hPMC 20160830015610debalzac 1868 FR Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Politicians -- France -- 19th century -- Fiction France -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Fiction PQ Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: French Literature 1983522 2025-06-26T12:08:39.681131 text/html 1966730 2024-10-18T18:50:26 text/html 2421004 2025-06-26T12:08:58.952080 application/epub+zip 2456344 2025-06-26T12:08:42.981121 application/epub+zip 867636 2025-06-26T12:08:41.351074 application/epub+zip 2939550 2025-06-26T12:09:11.313958 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2849231 2025-06-26T12:08:57.093050 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1270134 2022-09-30T08:46:03.805550 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1913391 2025-06-26T12:08:37.933100 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1893117 2024-10-18T18:50:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19111 2025-06-26T12:09:11.476996 application/rdf+xml 7811 2025-06-26T12:08:41.524156 image/jpeg 1847 2025-06-26T12:08:41.439075 image/jpeg 2422495 2025-06-26T12:08:39.873120 application/octet-stream application/zip fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia