Sarrasine

By Balzac, Honoré de

Book Id: WPLBN0002950620
Format Type:
File Size: 47.55 MB
Reproduction Date: 2006

Title:	Sarrasine
Author:	Balzac, Honoré de
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Romance
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Sarrasine; by Honore De Balzac
Historic Publication Date:	1830
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago De Balzac, B. H. (1830). Sarrasine. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Published by Honoré de Balzac in the tempestuous year of 1830, the tale follows the undulating pathways of Sarrasine the sculptor’s shocking journey to his coming of age. As one of the “fathers of realism” Balzac painted with his words a vivid portrait of life in the swirling salons of Europe at the end of the Bourbon monarchy, and we follow Sarrasine from France to Italy in search of both his métier and his muse. However it is also the story of La Zambinella, an Italian singer with whom Sarrasine falls madly and passionately in love. But that passion holds a secret which Sarrasine spies too late. (Summary by Chip)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Romance