Une Ténébreuse affaire (original 1841; edition 1973)

by Honoré de Balzac, René Guise (Editor)

Series: Scenes from Political Life (1-2), The Human Comedy (Études de Moeurs - Scènes de la vie parisienne / politique IV | 55), Studies of Manners (57-58)

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Step back in history through the eyes of one of the masters of European realism. This keenly observed and utterly absorbing account of the period after Napoleon Bonaparte fell from power in nineteenth-century France is both an interesting historical document and an engrossing mystery.

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Title:	Une Ténébreuse affaire
Authors:	Honoré de Balzac
Other authors:	René Guise (Editor)
Info:	[Paris] : Gallimard, 1973.
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A Murky Business by Honoré de Balzac (Author) (1841)

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archivomorero | Jun 25, 2022 |

Intricate plot that revolves around opposition to Napoleon, not necessarily emigré and Royalist, but from true republican ministers who are alarmed at Bonapartist imperial ambitions and the risks they involve.
A superbly crafted historical novel. Some familiarity with French revolutionary history helps.
This link might help with decoding the plot:
https://balzacbooks.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/the-gondreville-mystery-by-honore-d...

ivanfranko | Aug 19, 2019 |

A knowledge of French history of the revolutionary and post-revolutonary period is needed to comprehend this book. I struggled despite an excellent introduction by Alain. I only managed to read the first 20 or so pages. Balzac's description are wonderful in their detail leading from the general to the particular.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Balzac, Honoré de	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Berges, Consuelo	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Darnell, Pedro	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Guise, René	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Hunt, Herbert J.	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Human Comedy (Études de Moeurs - Scènes de la vie parisienne / politique IV | 55)

Scenes from Political Life (1-2)

Studies of Manners (57-58)

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B.B.S. Biblioteca básica Salvat (51)

Babel (35)

Biblioteca Básica Salvat. Libro RTV (37)

Club del Misterio. Bruguera (61)

Ediciones de bolsillo (117)

Il focolare [Paoline] (55)

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Serie Negra (Ediciones de Bolsillo) (21)

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Papa Goriot e Un tenebroso affare by Honoré de Balzac

En skum historia : Deputeraden från Arcis by Honoré de Balzac

Un Episode sous la Terreur et Autres Scenes de la Vie politique by Honoré de Balzac

Die Menschliche Komödie IX : Sittenstudien : Szenen aus dem Pariser Leben, Szenen aus dem politischen Leben, Szenen aus dem Soldatenleben by Honoré de Balzac

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Le Colonel Chabert, suivi de Une ténébreuse affaire by Honoré de Balzac

Die menschliche Komödie: Eine dunkle Geschichte / Der Deputierte von Arcis / Z. Marcas by Honoré de Balzac

OEUVRES COMPLETES - Tome XIII - La comédie humaine - Mémoires des Deux Jeunes Mariées - Une Ténébreuse Affaire by Honoré de Balzac

Balzac : La Comédie humaine, tome 8 by Honoré de Balzac

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A Murky Business

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Une ténébreuse affaire

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An Historical Mystery

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1841

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Step back in history through the eyes of one of the masters of European realism. This keenly observed and utterly absorbing account of the period after Napoleon Bonaparte fell from power in nineteenth-century France is both an interesting historical document and an engrossing mystery.

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