Balzac, Honoré de,  1799-1850 <br/><br/>
The Firm of Nucingen 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Maison_Nucingen  Release date is 1998-04-01 
<br/><br/>Produced by Dagny, Bonnie Sala, and David Widger  Produced by Dagny, Bonnie Sala, and David Widger 
<br/><br/> "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.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>French fiction -- Translations into English 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ