Old Goriot

Author: Honoré de Balzac

« J’ai trouvé une idée merveilleuse. Je serai un homme de génie », s’exclame Balzac au moment où il écrit Le Père Goriot. Il venait d’imaginer La Comédie humaine, ce cycle romanesque dans lequel les mêmes personnages réapparaissent d’un roman à l’autre. Il venait de créer un monde, le monde balzacien.Les plus beaux romans, dit André Maurois, sont des romans d’apprentissage….Read More

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