At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Maison_du_chat-qui-pelote Release date is 2004-06-01
Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger
"At the Sign of the Cat and Racket" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1830. When a celebrated artist falls for a cloth merchant's daughter, their passionate romance leads to marriage. But their union proves tragically mismatched—she adores him yet cannot understand his artistic soul, while he grows cold and distant. As Augustine struggles to bridge the gulf between their worlds, she must confront whether love alone can sustain a marriage torn between bourgeois values and artistic temperament. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction French fiction -- Translations into English