Gobseck (illustrated)
Author | : Honoré De Balzac |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2017-07-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 1521958017 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781521958018 |
Rating | : 4/5 (018 Downloads) |
Download or read book Gobseck (illustrated) written by Honoré De Balzac and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The plot of Gobseck, set during the French Restoration, concerns Anastasie de Restaud, n�e Goriot. Anastasie de Restaud is the daughter of a rich bourgeois who has married into the aristocracy, but is bored by her marriage, which is loveless and passionless. Anastasie de Restaud has an affair with Maxime de Trailles, and spends her fortune on de Trailles.She turns to the usurer Jean-Esther van Gobseck for financial assistance. Ma�tre Derville acts as Gobseck's lawyer. Subsequently both Anastasie's marriage is destroyed and her family fortune is lost.La sc�ne d�bute dans le salon de Madame de Grandlieu, en conversation avec un ami de la famille, l'avou� Ma�tre Derville.