Project Gutenberg 2023-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 339 Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 Balzac, Honore de Saint-Aubin, Horace de De Balzac, Honoré Balzac, H. de (Honoré de) La Comédie humaine - Volume 14. Études philosophiques $aParis :$bHoussiaux, $c1870. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Com%C3%A9die_humaine La peau de chagrin -- Jésus-Christ en Flandre -- Melmoth réconcilié -- Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu -- La recherche de l'absolu. 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 14. Études philosophiques" by Honoré de Balzac is a philosophical study written in the mid-19th century. This volume includes a narrative that deeply explores complex human emotions, the impacts of society on individual lives, and the philosophical quests of its characters. Central to a significant portion of this work is the character of a young man who grapples with the allure and destructive nature of gambling and the pursuit of pleasure within a society that both entices and ensnares him. At the start of the narrative, readers are introduced to an unnamed young man entering a gambling house in the Palais-Royal, where he encounters a gaunt, cynical old man symbolizing the grim realities of addiction and despair in the gaming world. As he engages with the environment, the text explores themes of innocence, longing, and the seductive power of wealth and pleasure. The young man's contemplative journey draws parallels to philosophical inquiries into existence, morality, and the human condition, setting the stage for the exploration of deeper existential questions intertwined with societal critiques that will unfold throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/1874oeuvrescom14balzuoft/page/n9/mode/2up 20211011093857debalzac 1870 FR Reading ease score: 67.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature Category: Philosophy & Ethics 1303457 2025-07-28T11:11:12.644601 text/html 1298475 2023-10-01T16:06:22 text/html 2215518 2025-07-28T11:11:25.631538 application/epub+zip 2233588 2025-07-28T11:11:15.014644 application/epub+zip 593582 2025-07-28T11:11:13.825642 application/epub+zip 2546001 2025-07-28T11:11:34.265507 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2483508 2025-07-28T11:11:24.330544 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1248672 2025-07-28T11:11:11.721756 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1248680 2023-10-01T16:06:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16833 2025-07-28T11:11:34.441507 application/rdf+xml 7734 2025-07-28T11:11:14.010652 image/jpeg 1827 2025-07-28T11:11:13.916713 image/jpeg 2147391 2025-07-28T11:11:12.817673 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