The comédie humaine


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The Lily of the Valley


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Reproduction of the original.




The Lily of the Valley


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The Lily of the Valley


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The Lily of the Valley


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The Lily of the Valley is an 1835 novel about love and society by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). It concerns the affection — emotionally vibrant but never consummated — between Felix de Vandenesse and Henriette de Mortsauf. It is part of his series of novels (or Roman-fleuve) known as La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy), which parodies and depicts French society in the period of the Bourbon Restoration and the July Monarchy (1815–1848). In his novel he also mentions the chateau Azay-le-Rideau, which can still be visited today.







The Lily of the Valley (Romance Classic)


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This is a tale about love which parodies and depicts French society in the period of the Bourbon Restoration. It concerns the affection — emotionally vibrant but never consummated — between Félix de Vandenesse and Henriette de Mortsauf.