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Baltimore. 1970. Penguin Books. 1st Penguin Classic Paperback Edition.

Baltimore. 1970. Penguin Books. 1st Penguin Classic Paperback Edition. Previous Owner's name Penned In Front, Otherwise Very Good In Worn Wrappers. ISBN: 0140442375. Translated from the French & With An Introduction by Donald Adamson. 339 pages. paperback. L237. The cover shows a detail from 'Portrait of an Artist in his Studio' by Theodore Gericault. FROM THE PUBLISHER-The fight for an inheritance is a recurrent theme in Balzac's work. In THE BLACK SHEEP he describes the struggle of two brothers, Joseph and Philippe Bridau, one an artist and the other an ex-officer, to recover their family fortune. The novel culminates in a duel of wits and ruthlessness between two notable villains, of the kind at which Balzac excels. Superior cunning triumphs where virtue fails, but at a price. THE BLACK SHEEP is one of the novels of the Human Comedy series. Besides being an exceptional narrative and character portrayal it contains a wonderfully vivid account of France in the gloomy years after the fall of Napoleon. Honoré de Balzac (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon. Due 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 multifaceted characters, who are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. His writing influenced many subsequent novelists such as Marcel Proust, Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gustave Flaubert, Benito Pérez Galdós, Marie Corelli, Henry James, William Faulkner, Jack Kerouac, and Italo Calvino, and philosophers such as Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx. Many of Balzac's works have been made into or have inspired films, and they are a continuing source of inspiration for writers, filmmakers and critics. An enthusiastic reader and independent thinker as a child, Balzac had trouble adapting to the teaching style of his grammar school. His willful nature caused trouble throughout his life and frustrated his ambitions to succeed in the world of business. When he finished school, Balzac was an apprentice in a law office, but he turned his back on the study of law after wearying of its inhumanity and banal routine. Before and during his career as a writer, he attempted to be a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician; he failed in all of these efforts. La Comédie humaine reflects his real-life difficulties, and includes scenes from his own experience. Balzac suffered from health problems throughout his life, possibly due to his intense writing schedule. His relationship with his family was often strained by financial and personal difficulties, and he ended several friendships over critical reviews. In 1850 he married Ewelina Hanska, his longtime love; he died five months later. inventory #28904.