Balzac Classic: Honorine
by I
About This Novel
This book is Balzac's classic masterpiece, translated by Fu Lei. Honorine was first serialized in La Stampa from March 17 to 29, 1843. In 1844, a single volume was published by Botai Bookstore, divided into forty chapters, each chapter has a title. In the same year, it was compiled into the fourth volume of Finer's edition of The Human Comedy. In the work, the author not only raised issues of family, marriage, and love, but also raised issues of morality, law, and religion. Honorina is dissatisfied with her subordinate status in the family and pursues independence, freedom and exciting love. She abandoned her property and husband and ran away with her lover, only to be abandoned because she lost her property. She expected to earn her own living, but after seven years of struggle, she still had to return to her husband under the pressure of society, law, and religious concepts, and finally died of physical and mental exhaustion. Honorina is a person who intentionally stays away from the money society, and her escape is also a story of encounter. Even among all Balzac's characters, Honorine shines brightest. Balzac wrote about the various behaviors of all living beings in the money society and the stories of various people's encounters with money in this era.
What Readers Think
Rating
Community(0)
Rating
Community(0)
