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La Grande Bretèche is a short story by Honoré de Balzac published in 1831. It is one of the Scènes de la vie privée of La Comédie humaine. [1] Plot. Dr. Horace Bianchon discovers near the town of Vendôme an abandoned manor: La Grande Bretèche. Intrigued by the ruins, the doctor tries unsuccessfully to enter the house night after night.
- Honoré de Balzac
- France
- 1831
- 1831
La luna, el sol, el invierno, el estío, la nieve han socavado las maderas, torcido las planchas, comido las pinturas. El triste silencio que allí reina, solo se vé turbado por las aves, los gatos, las garduñas, las ratas y los ratones, libres de correr, de combatirse, de comerse.
28 de feb. de 2010 · La Grande Bretèche, with its rank grasses, its shuttered windows, its rusty iron-work, its locked doors, its deserted rooms, suddenly rose before me in fantastic vividness. I tried to get into the mysterious dwelling to search out the heart of this solemn story, this drama which had killed three persons.
Originally published in France in 1842, “La Grande Breteche” is set in 1830 and describes events that happened in the year 1815 to 1816. This was a turbulent period in France.
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- Honoré de Balzac
- La Grande Breteche
- 1831
- Marriage, Ellen, 1865-1946
‘‘La Grande Bretèche’’ is a frame tale, a story in which one narrative frames at least one additional narrative. Further complicating matters for the reader is Balzac’s penchant for...
La Grande Bretèche. Honoré de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell. "Ah! madame," replied the doctor, "I have some appalling stories in my collection. But each one has its proper hour in a conversation--you know the pretty jest recorded by Chamfort, and said to the Duc de Fronsac: 'Between your sally and the present moment lie ...
