01797cam a22003493u 4500 13159 UtSlPG 20260610133318.0 m cr n 260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 Illusions Perdues. English Lost Illusions Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2004 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusions_perdues Release date is 2004-08-11 Two Poets -- A Distinguished Provincial at Paris -- Eve and David. Produced by Dagny "Lost Illusions" by Honoré de Balzac is a serial novel written between 1837 and 1843. Young Lucien Chardon leaves provincial France for Paris, driven by ambition and literary dreams. In the capital's glittering but treacherous world of journalism and high society, he faces impossible choices between artistic integrity and success. As he becomes entangled with actresses, journalists, and aristocrats, Lucien discovers that talent alone cannot protect him from betrayal, corruption, and his own desperate compromises. His journey exposes the harsh realities behind literary fame and social climbing. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Marriage, Ellen, 1865-1946 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13159 54549 54549