{"product_id":"lost-souls-9781517905446","title":"Lost Souls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first new translation of Balzac's 1847 novel \u003ci\u003eSplendeurs et mis res des courtisanes\u003c\/i\u003e in half a century, fully annotated and with an extensive introduction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLost Souls\u003c\/i\u003e, Honor  de Balzac's brilliant evocation of nineteenth-century Paris, we enter a world of glittering wealth and grinding poverty, teeming with strivers, poseurs, and pleasure seekers along with those who struggle merely to survive. Between the heights of Parisian society and the criminal world lurking underneath, fate is about to catch up with Lucien de Rubempr , last seen in \u003ci\u003eLost Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e, as his literary aspirations, his love for the courtesan Esther van Gobseck, and his scheme to marry the wealthy Clotilde become entangled in the cunning and ultimately disastrous ambitions of the Abb  Herrera, a villain for the ages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An extraordinary volume in Balzac's vast \u003ci\u003eHuman Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e (in which he endeavored to capture all of society), \u003ci\u003eLost Souls\u003c\/i\u003e appears here in its first new English translation in half a century. Keenly attuned to the acerbic charm and subtleties of Balzac's prose, this edition also includes an introduction presenting thorough biographical, literary, and historical context, as well as extensive notes throughout the text--an invaluable resource for today's readers as they navigate Balzac's copious allusions to classical and contemporaneous politics and literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHonor? de Balzac (1799-1850) worked as a clerk, printer, and publisher before devoting himself entirely to writing fiction. A leading figure in the development of realism in European literature, he wrote more than one hundred volumes of stories, novellas, and novels, including \u003ci\u003eP?re Goriot, Le Peau de chagrin\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLost Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e (Minnesota, 2020), the prequel to \u003ci\u003eLost Souls\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaymond N. MacKenzie is professor of English at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. His previous translations include Barbey d'Aurevilly's \u003ci\u003eDiaboliques\u003c\/i\u003e, Stendhal's\u003ci\u003e Italian Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, Lamartine's \u003ci\u003eGraziella\u003c\/i\u003e, and Balzac's \u003ci\u003eLost Illusions \u003c\/i\u003e(all from Minnesota). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50915754213650,"sku":"9781517905446","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5d0737e7-fdaf-4ca4-bf6a-bbd1d749de74.jpg?v=1738828610","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lost-souls-9781517905446","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}