The Vicar of Tours - Softcover
The Vicar of Tours by Honoré de Balzac, 1832.
The Abbé François Birotteau and the Abbé Hyacinthe Troubert, both priests at Tours, have separate lodgings in the house belonging to the crabby spinster Sophie Gamard. Birotteau is an other-worldly, gentle, introspective type; Troubert, who is ten years younger, is very much of the world: he is a careerist devoured by ambition.
Birotteau prides himself on his furniture and fine library, inherited from his friend and predecessor as parish priest of Saint-Gatien de Tours. Without reading all its clauses, or at least without remembering them, he signs a document handed to him by Mlle Gamard, forfeiting his entitlement to his lodgings and making over their contents to her in the event of his vacating his premises for any considerable period. He leaves them for a fortnight’s stay in the country, where he is served with a possession order by his landlady’s lawyer. On returning home he finds Troubert installed in his apartments, in full possession of his furniture and his library, whilst he himself has been moved into inferior rooms.
Honoré de Balzac (1799 - 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities.
The Abbé François Birotteau and the Abbé Hyacinthe Troubert, both priests at Tours, have separate lodgings in the house belonging to the crabby spinster Sophie Gamard. Birotteau is an other-worldly, gentle, introspective type; Troubert, who is ten years younger, is very much of the world: he is a careerist devoured by ambition.
Birotteau prides himself on his furniture and fine library, inherited from his friend and predecessor as parish priest of Saint-Gatien de Tours. Without reading all its clauses, or at least without remembering them, he signs a document handed to him by Mlle Gamard, forfeiting his entitlement to his lodgings and making over their contents to her in the event of his vacating his premises for any considerable period. He leaves them for a fortnight’s stay in the country, where he is served with a possession order by his landlady’s lawyer. On returning home he finds Troubert installed in his apartments, in full possession of his furniture and his library, whilst he himself has been moved into inferior rooms.
Honoré de Balzac (1799 - 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1973913801
- ISBN 13 9781973913801
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages66
- EditorClean Bright Classics
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