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Facino Cane (novel)
"Facino Cane" is an 1836 short story by French author Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) and included in the ''Scènes de la vie parisienne'' section of his novel sequence ''La Comédie humaine''. It first appeared in the ''Chronique de Paris'' on March 17, 1836Honoré de Balzac, ''The Works of Balzac: Modeste Mignon. Honorine. Facino Cane.'' Volume 18 of The Works of Balzac: Tr. Into English (Gebbie, 1900), xii. and in 1837 was classified by Balzac as a ''Philosophical Study'' (''Étude philosophique''). In 1843, it appeared with Balzac's novel ''Albert Savarus''. In 1844, it became part of Balzac's ''La Comédie humaine''. Plot ''Facino Cane'' is told in the first person by an unnamed narrator. It concerns a blind old man named Marco-Facino Cane, called "Father Canet", who claims to be a descendant of the 14th century condottiere of the same name.Anatole Cerfberr, Jules François Christophe, Paul Bourget (editors), ''Compendium. H. de Balzac's Comédie humaine.'' Translated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honoré De Balzac
Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly , ; born Honoré Balzac;Jean-Louis Dega, La vie prodigieuse de Bernard-François Balssa, père d'Honoré de Balzac : Aux sources historiques de La Comédie humaine, Rodez, Subervie, 1998, 665 p. 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence ''La Comédie humaine'', which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his '' magnum opus''. Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. His writing influenced many famous writers, including the novelists Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
