The Firm of Nucingen
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850
The Firm of Nucingen - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Maison_Nucingen Release date is 1998-04-01
Produced by Dagny, Bonnie Sala, and David Widger Produced by Dagny, Bonnie Sala, and David Widger
"The Firm of Nucingen" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story published in 1837. Four journalists gather in a Parisian restaurant and discuss how the once-poor Eugène de Rastignac acquired his fortune. The tale reveals the cunning financial schemes of Baron de Nucingen, a powerful banker who manipulates stock prices and orchestrates fake bankruptcies to enrich himself. Through strategic partnerships with well-connected men like Rastignac, Nucingen builds his empire while some investors prosper and others face ruin. Balzac crafts a sharp satire of nineteenth-century financial speculation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
French fiction -- Translations into English
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The Firm of Nucingen - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Maison_Nucingen Release date is 1998-04-01
Produced by Dagny, Bonnie Sala, and David Widger Produced by Dagny, Bonnie Sala, and David Widger
"The Firm of Nucingen" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story published in 1837. Four journalists gather in a Parisian restaurant and discuss how the once-poor Eugène de Rastignac acquired his fortune. The tale reveals the cunning financial schemes of Baron de Nucingen, a powerful banker who manipulates stock prices and orchestrates fake bankruptcies to enrich himself. Through strategic partnerships with well-connected men like Rastignac, Nucingen builds his empire while some investors prosper and others face ruin. Balzac crafts a sharp satire of nineteenth-century financial speculation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
French fiction -- Translations into English
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