Honoré de Balzac, Illusions perdues [Lost Illusions]

Tim Unwin (University of Bristol)

Ed. by Tim Unwin, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.05: French Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth-Century , 1800-1900.
Vol. editors: Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Nigel Harkness (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield), Jennifer Yee (University of Oxford)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1843

Places

France (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Relatively few works by Balzac can bear comparison with Illusions perdues [Lost Illusions] for its overall scope and chronological span, or for its range of themes, characters and stylistic registers. This blockbuster of a story is, in effect, a trilogy of novels that were first written separately (Illusions perdues, 1837; Un Grand home de province à Paris, 1839; Eve et David, 1843). They were then brought together and reworked into a single text in three parts, under the title Illusions perdues, for the collective edition of Balzac's works in 1843 that was to be entitled

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Citation: Unwin, Tim. "Illusions perdues". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 17 November 2006 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=4537, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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