"Eugenie Grandet" is "one of the most outstanding pictures" in "The Human Comedy" by French critical realist novelist Balzac. The novel narrates a story of money destroying humanity and causing family tragedy. It revolves around the central event of Eugenie's love tragedy, and uses three intertwined plot threads to connect the novel: the waves caused by the autocracy within the Grandet family, the open and secret fights between the bankers and notaries outside the family, and the painful life experience of Eugenie's love for Charles Grandet and Charles's betrayal.
Reader comments
When I watched "Grandet" before, I thought the old man was really stingy! But if you read more of Balzac's books, you will wonder what's wrong with being stingy?
Although he did deduct a lot of food expenses and material enjoyment from his family, the family did not have a boring and empty spirit. They were very satisfied and lived a good life.
Compared to the group of playboys in Paris who spend their money to go out, they are impoverished just to satisfy their empty spiritual world.
What's the big difference between the two!
It's just a way of living!
This book demonstrates the complexity of human nature with its wonderful descriptions and profound insights. Balzac's portrayal of Grandet as a miser made me deeply aware of the influence of money on people. Just like what the book says, "He would lie there, squat there, look at the prisoner for a long time and then pounce on him." This kind of extreme desire for money and unscrupulous means make people think deeply. At the same time, Eugenie's tragedy also made me feel the fragility of human nature and the helplessness of fate. This is a classic worth reading again and again.
My personal feeling is that we should face money interests correctly. Grandet's extreme concern for money made him a slave to money, but shouldn't people be the masters of money? The value of money lies in its flow, buying and selling. It also reflects the excessive worship of money and material things in society at that time.
As for Eugenie, my feeling is sadness, and I feel that I care a little too much about love. In that case, this kind of pure emotion should be promoted instead of exchange of interests.
But love your neighbor first and love yourself first. I hope everyone can face money and feelings correctly, not worship money excessively, and not lose yourself for love.
I have just finished reading this book completely. The old Grandet in the book really cares about money. His attitude towards people and things depends on whether he can make a profit, even his wife and daughter, not to mention his brothers and nephews. Little Grandet thought that abandoning his sister would have a better future, but who knows that his sister has a huge family fortune? This is where the slap in the face of contemporary Shuangwen came from [laughing and crying]
When Charlie first came to Saumur, he was still a young nobleman.
When I watched "Grandet" before, I thought the old man was really stingy! But if you read more of Balzac's books, you will wonder what's wrong with being stingy? Although he did deduct a lot of food expenses and material enjoyment from his family, the family did not have a boring and empty spirit. They were very satisfied and lived a good life. Compared to the group of playboys in Paris who spend their money to go out, they are impoverished just to satisfy their empty spiritual world. What's the big difference between the two! It's just a way of living!
This book demonstrates the complexity of human nature with its wonderful descriptions and profound insights. Balzac's portrayal of Grandet as a miser made me deeply aware of the influence of money on people. Just like what the book says, "He would lie there, squat there, look at the prisoner for a long time and then pounce on him." This kind of extreme desire for money and unscrupulous means make people think deeply. At the same time, Eugenie's tragedy also made me feel the fragility of human nature and the helplessness of fate. This is a classic worth reading again and again.
My personal feeling is that we should face money interests correctly. Grandet's extreme concern for money made him a slave to money, but shouldn't people be the masters of money? The value of money lies in its flow, buying and selling. It also reflects the excessive worship of money and material things in society at that time. As for Eugenie, my feeling is sadness, and I feel that I care a little too much about love. In that case, this kind of pure emotion should be promoted instead of exchange of interests. But love your neighbor first and love yourself first. I hope everyone can face money and feelings correctly, not worship money excessively, and not lose yourself for love.
I have just finished reading this book completely. The old Grandet in the book really cares about money. His attitude towards people and things depends on whether he can make a profit, even his wife and daughter, not to mention his brothers and nephews. Little Grandet thought that abandoning his sister would have a better future, but who knows that his sister has a huge family fortune? This is where the slap in the face of contemporary Shuangwen came from [laughing and crying]
When Charlie first came to Saumur, he was still a young nobleman.