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Massimilla Doni
''Massimilla Doni'' is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. History Its first chapter was published in 1837 in the ''Études philosophiques'' of ''la Comédie humaine'' alongside '' Gambara'', ''les Proscrits'' and ''Séraphîta''. Its second chapter was published in 1839 in the review ''la France musicale'', under the title ''Une représentation du 'Mosè in Egitto' '' by Rossini in Venice, with a preamble underlining the role Stendhal had played in making Rossini known in France. George Sand, with whom Balzac had shared his enthusiasm for ''Mosè in Egitto'', advised the writer to put his story on paper. Balzac also wrote to Maurice Schlesinger, who had commissioned a novel from him for the ''Revue et gazette musicale de Paris'', to ask him for a little extra time to pursue two ideas - one on ''Robert le Diable'' by Giacomo Meyerbeer, and the other on ''Mosè in Egitto'' and ''The Barber of Seville'' by Rossini. The first of these ideas gave rise to ''Gambara'' and the second t ... [...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] |
