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Illusions perdues: Les deux poètes. Un grand homme de province à Paris. Ève et David.

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"La Comédie humaine - Volume 08. Scènes de la vie de Province - Tome 04" by Balzac is part of a monumental literary project written between 1829 and 1850. This volume belongs to Balzac's ambitious attempt to create a "natural history of society" through over ninety interconnected works. Exploring social groups and the mechanics of French society, the work depicts the rise of capitalism, the power of money, and the dissolution of traditional bonds. Hundreds of recurring characters weave through the narratives, creating a vast fresco of nineteenth-century life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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