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Lost Illusions: A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

Lost Illusions: A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

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Number of Chapters: 31

Length: 13 hours and 45 minutes

Language: English

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Un grand homme de province à Paris, 1839) is the second book in Balzac’s Lost Illusions trilogy, which is part of his sweeping set of novels collectively titled La Comédie Humaine. The story is set in post-Napoleonic France, when the new bourgeoisie was jostling for position alongside the old aristocracy. In the first volume of the trilogy (Two Poets, 1837), we met Lucien Chardon, an aspiring poet who feels stymied by the pettiness of provincial life. In the present volume, Lucien, now using the more aristocratic-sounding surname "de Rubempré," leaves behind his family in order to seek fame and fortune in the literary world of Paris. He is tested by challenges that are literary, social, financial, and ethical.

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Chapter 1 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 2 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 3 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 4 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 5 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 6 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 7 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 8 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 9 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 10 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 11 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 12 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 13 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 14 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 15 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 16 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 17 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 18 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 19 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 20 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 21 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 22 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 23 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 24 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 25 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 26 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 27 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 28 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 29 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 30 (Bruce Pirie)
Chapter 31 (Bruce Pirie)
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