Eight days after his ball, the last dying flash of a prosperity of eighteen years now about to be extinguished, Cesar Birotteau watched the passers-by from the windows of his shop, thinking over the expansion of his affairs, and beginning to find them burdensome. Until then all had been simple in his life; he manufactured and sold, or bought to sell again
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A Fascinating Anatomy of a Bankruptcy,
By James Paris "Tarnmoor" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau (Paperback)
No one knows more about money problems than Honore de Balzac. He lived most of his life one step from his creditors: his house in Paris even had a special exit for avoiding them. CESAR BIROTTEAU is the story of an honest perfumer who is done in by the smarmy du Tillet, a former employee whom he had fired for embezzlement, who works in secret to take his revenge. Birotteau is lured into overextending himself and falls hard. True to his fascination with money and its epedemiology, Balzac delves into the guts of this bankruptcy and shows you all the forces at work to destroy an innocent man. This time, the innocent man prevails. Thanks to the help of Anselme Popinot, a brilliant young marketer in love with his daughter, Birotteau is able to pay back every cent, winning honor for himself after his life appeared to be all but over. This is one of Balzac's greatest novels. Birotteau is an honorable gentleman of the old school, a bit obtuse perhaps, but out of his depth among the wild speculations of the reign of Charles X. Watching these processes ensnare him is repellingly fascinating -- and Balzac spares us nothing.
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Another bonne speculation!,
By Sammy Rocket (Outlying Areas, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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(SPOILER [but then again the title is a spoiler])
Truly the best of Balzac. Fans of the original bon vivant will recoil in entertainment to the slow financial trainwreck of the (previously) shrewd businessman and military hero Cesar Birotteau. This novel showcases Balzac's familiarity with law and bankruptcy law and shines a light into the dark corners of finance, banking, and speculation during the dawn of the nineteenth century in France. This is another great act in the human comedy.
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During winter nights noise never ceases in the Rue Saint-Honore except for a short interval. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sixty thousand francs, forty thousand francs, commercial courts, ten thousand francs, former clerk Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Madame Birotteau, Madame Cesar, Cesar Birotteau, Madame Ragon, Monsieur Birotteau, The Queen of Roses, Cephalic Oil, Monsieur Vauquelin, Monsieur de la Billardiere, Madame Roguin, Abbe Loraux, Joseph Lebas, Faubourg du Temple, Paste of Sultans, Monsieur Molineux, Rue des Lombards, Alexandre Crottat, Carminative Balm, Monsieur Lebas, Francois Keller, Madame Madou, Monsieur Claparon, Rue des Cinq-Diamants, Rue Saint-Honore, Distinguished Provincial New!
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During winter nights noise never ceases in the Rue Saint-Honore except for a short interval. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sixty thousand francs, forty thousand francs, commercial courts, ten thousand francs, former clerk Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Madame Birotteau, Madame Cesar, Cesar Birotteau, Madame Ragon, Monsieur Birotteau, The Queen of Roses, Cephalic Oil, Monsieur Vauquelin, Monsieur de la Billardiere, Madame Roguin, Abbe Loraux, Joseph Lebas, Faubourg du Temple, Paste of Sultans, Monsieur Molineux, Rue des Lombards, Alexandre Crottat, Carminative Balm, Monsieur Lebas, Francois Keller, Madame Madou, Monsieur Claparon, Rue des Cinq-Diamants, Rue Saint-Honore, Distinguished Provincial New!
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- Lost Illusions (Modern Library Classics) by Honoré de Balzac on page 276
- Cesar Birotteau (Penguin Classics) by Honoré de Balzac in Front Matter
- Cousin Pons (Poor Relations, Part 2) (Penguin Classics) by Honoré de Balzac on page 276
- Father Goriot by Honore De Balzac on page 276
- Screening the Text: Intertextuality in New Wave French Cinema by T. Jefferson Kline in Back Matter
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