Book Name : The Black Sheep (Penguin
Classics) Kindle Edition – 27 May 1976
Author Name : Honore Balzac (Author)
About
book :
His elegantly-crafted tale of sibling rivalry, Honoré de
Balzac's The Black
Sheep is translated from the French with an introduction by Donald Adamson
in Penguin Classics. Philippe and Joseph Bridau are two extremely different
brothers. The elder, Philippe, is a superficially heroic soldier and adored by
their mother Agathe. He is nonetheless a bitter figure, secretly gambling away
her savings after a brief but glorious career as Napoleon's aide-de-camp at the
battle of Montereau. His younger brother Joseph, meanwhile, is fundamentally
virtuous - but their mother is blinded to his kindness by her disapproval of
his life as an artist. Foolish and prejudiced, Agathe lives on unaware that she
is being cynically manipulated by her own favourite child - but will she ever
discover which of her sons is truly the black sheep of the family? A dazzling
depiction of the power of money and the cruelty of life in nineteenth-century
France, The Black Sheep compellingly explores is a compelling exploration of
the nature of deceit. Donald Adamson's translation captures the radical
modernity of Balzac's style, while his introduction places The Black
Sheep in its context as one of the great novels of Balzac's
renowned Comédie humaine.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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