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Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
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Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, translated variously as The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans, A Harlot High and Low, or as Lost Souls, is an 1838–1847 novel by French novelist Honoré de Balzac,[1] published in four initially separate parts:
- Esther Happy (Esther heureuse, 1838)
- What Love Costs an Old Man (À combien l’amour revient aux vieillards, 1843)
- The End of Evil Ways (Où mènent les mauvais chemins, 1846)
- The Last Incarnation of Vautrin (La Dernière incarnation de Vautrin, 1847)[2][3]
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Author | Honoré de Balzac |
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Illustrator | Gaston Bussière |
Language | French |
Series | La Comédie humaine |
Publisher | Edmond Werdet |
Publication date | 1838–1847 |
Publication place | France |
Preceded by | La Maison Nucingen |
Followed by | Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan |
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It continues the story of Lucien de Rubempré, who was a main character in Illusions perdues, a preceding Balzac novel. Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes forms part of Balzac's La Comédie humaine.[4]