The Two Brothers: A Mother Between Two Unequal Sons
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A mother ruins one son by adoring him and makes the other by neglect - a painter and a soldier of Napoleon's army. Balzac's clearest study of what favoritism does to a family. This edition adds Katharine Prescott Wormeley's translation and a gallery of 60 plates, among them paintings by Daumier, Gavarni, Suvée and Fragonard.
A mother ruins one son by adoring him and makes the other by neglect - a painter and a soldier of Napoleon's army. Balzac's clearest study of what favoritism does to a family. This edition adds Katharine Prescott Wormeley's translation and a gallery of 60 plates, among them paintings by Daumier, ...
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Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist born in Tours. He failed as a printer and publisher, worked off the debt for the rest of his life writing up to sixteen hours a day on black coffee, and left the ninety-odd novels of the Human Comedy. His works include Old Goriot, The Two Brothers, Eugenie Grandet, and Lost Illusions.
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist born in Tours. He failed as a printer and publisher, worked off the debt for the rest of his life writing up to sixteen hours a day on black coffee, and left the ninety-odd novels of the Human Comedy. His works include Old Goriot, The Two Brother...
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