Title page illustration of Cousin Pons (Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, 1897).
Author
Honoré de Balzac
Country
France
Language
French
Series
La Comédie humaine
Publication date
1847
Le Cousin Pons (French pronunciation:[ləkuzɛ̃pɔ̃s]) is one of the last of the 94 novels and short stories that make up Honoré de Balzac’s Comédie humaine. Begun in 1846 as a novella, it was envisaged as one part of a diptych, Les Parents pauvres (The Poor Relations), along with La Cousine Bette (Cousin Bette). The book was originally published as a serial in Le Constitutionnel, but during 1847 it grew into a full-length novel, with a male poor relation, Pons, as its subject, (La Cousine Bette describes a female poor relation)
LeCousinPons (French pronunciation: [lə kuzɛ̃ pɔ̃s]) is one of the last of the 94 novels and short stories that make up Honoré de Balzac’s Comédie humaine...
months. It was published in Le Constitutionnel at the end of 1846, then collected with a companion work, LeCousinPons, the following year. The novel's...
1838 La Cousine Bette by Balzac in 1846 LeCousinPons by Balzac in 1847 Le Colonel Chabert by Balzac in 1847 Le Député d'Arcis by Balzac in 1852 Renée...
his compulsion to find and keep items. LeCousinPons, a novella written by Honoré de Balzac in 1846, features Pons, who hoards art and antiques. He collected...
their time between homes in Kent and Polperro, Cornwall. The Genesis of LeCousinPons, substantially the text of Adamson's (BLitt) thesis, is a detailed study...
Age", (London and NY: Bloomsbury, 2016). Print. Wilkinson, Lynn R. "LeCousinPons and the Invention of Ideology". PMLA. 2nd ed. Vol. 107. Modern Language...
Herrera. He is the escaped convict Vautrin whom Balzac had already presented in Le Père Goriot. Herrera takes Lucien under his protection and they drive off...
Balzac ou l'archéologie du moi moderne," La Plume et la pierre : l'écrivain et le modèle archéologique au XIXe siècle, Nîmes, Champ Social, 2007, 291-318. Stoltzfus...
Intrigued, she ordered copies of his work, and she read them with her cousins and friends around Volhynia. They were impressed by the understanding he...
Robert, 1921). La bouquetière des innocents (dir. Jacques Robert, 1923). LecousinPons (dir. Jacques Robert, 1924). Naples au baiser de feu (dir. Serge Nadejdine...
name is Jacques Collin (pronounced [ʒɑk kɔlɛ̃]). He appears in the novels Le Père Goriot (Father Goriot, 1834/35) under the name Vautrin, and in Illusions...
Matilda Hays, Eliza Ashurst and Rev. Edmund Larken. Honoré de Balzac – LeCousinPons Anne Brontë (as Acton Bell) – Agnes Grey Charlotte Brontë (as Currer...
Les Chouans (French pronunciation: [le ʃwɑ̃], The Chouans) is an 1829 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) and included...
August 1830 in the periodical Le Voleur. The actual novella appeared in a volume published by Mame-Delaunay under the title Les Dangers de l'inconduite. This...
lorette à Mabille", Cousin Bette; "habituée qu'elle était à lutter avec les sergents de ville au bal peu champêtre de Mabille", LeCousinPons. Louis Aragon...
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