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Hailed as the father of the naturalist novel, French author and playwright Honoré de Balzac left a legacy of treasured literary works that include Père Goriot and Cousin Bette. The daughter of a wealthy but miserly man, Eugénie Grandet falls in love with her penniless cousin, Charles. The two plan to marry, but at the behest of her father, Charles must first go overseas to make his fortune. Returning years later, Charles calls off the engagement, leaving Eugénie heartbroken and vengeful.

Felix Grandet, having married well and become a wealthy landowner and wine-grower, is a miser who watches like a hawk the sugar lumps and the bread slices. The question of who will marry his daughter and inherit his fortune fuels endless speculation in the town of Saumur. The arrival of Eugénie’s cousin sparks feelings and a resolve that puts her on a collision course with her father’s control. As the years pass and she must navigate the self-interest of potential suitors, we see how habits manifest themselves in a new generation.

Dans la ville de Saumur vit modestement la famille Grandet : le père Felix Grandet ex-tonnelier devenu richissime après de fructueuses spéculations, son épouse, sa fille Eugénie et Nanon la servante. Ces trois femmes subissent au quotidien son avarice sordide, ses colères de despote.

Ces trois femmes vivent sous la terrible coupe du chef de famille, avaricieux maladif. Dans le voisinage, les beaux partis se disputent l’hypothétique main d’Eugénie dans l’espoir d’épouser la fortune. Mais un évènement imprévu va venir bouleverser cet ordonnancement : le cousin d’Eugénie, un dandy parisien, fils du frère du père Grandet, débarque un soir, porteur d’une missive pour son oncle.

At the beginning of the story the heroine lives an unfulfilled life in rural France, her nature crushed by a domineering and miserly father. Gallant cousin Charles arrives and acts as a catalyst on Eugénie's personality and emotions. Will her love survive the strong self-opinion of the young man and the selfishness of her father or is Eugénie's reward destined to be in heaven?

Como dijo Oscar Wilde, el siglo XIX es un invento de Balzac. Dentro de La comedia humana, el vasto ciclo de su novelística, Eugénie Grandet ocupa un lugar cenital. La historia del avaro Grandet y de su hija Eugénie, que vive desgarrada entre la tiranía de su padre y su amor por un joven parisino, compone el mejor retrato coral de la sociedad francesa de la época, a la vez que presenta a algunos de los personajes más perfectos de la historia de la literatura.

Le père d'Eugénie Grandet a été tonnelier. Grâce à un sens aigu des affaires et une grande avarice, il a réussi à faire fortune en profitant des événements de cette époque instable. Autrefois maire de Saumur, il fait maintenant fructifier sa grande fortune tout en faisant croire à sa femme et à sa fille qu'ils ne sont pas bien riches. Les habitants de Saumur, plus au courant de la fortune du père Grandet, voient en sa fille Eugénie le plus beau parti de la ville et la courtisent donc ardemment.

Die Familie Grandet lebt in Saumur an der Loire in Frankreich. Grandet, ein alter Böttchermeister, ist durch Spekulationen und Geiz sehr reich geworden...

"Eugénie Grandet" er heltinden i Balzacs roman om livet i den lille by Saumur i Loire-dalen, men det er hendes far, der er den dominerende hovedperson. Han er en frygtelig hustyran og Eugénie er meget ærbødig overfor ham. Indtil hendes fætter Charles dukker op og vækker hendes lidenskaber.

From the acclaimed author of In the Shadow of the Empress comes the thrilling chronicle of two of the most influential and glamorous women in nineteenth-century Europe—Elisabeth, empress of Austria, and Eugénie, empress of France—and their efforts to rule amid the scandal, intrigue, tragedy...

Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s imperial Russia, Pushkin's novel in verse follows the emotions and destiny of three men - Onegin the bored fop, Lensky the minor elegiast, and a stylized Pushkin himself - and the fates and affections of three women - Tatyana the provincial beauty, her sister Olga, and Pushkin's mercurial Muse.

"Eugenia Grandet", qui fornita nella formidabile traduzione di Grazia Deledda (quasi un romanzo nel romanzo), fu definita da Karl Marx come uno dei migliori affreschi letterari della società borghese di Francia del XIX secolo. Scrittore estremamente prolifico, Balzac ottenne con "Eugenia Grandet" un successo planetario. La lettura è intensa ed incalzante, la traduzione italiana preziosa e trascinante. La storia di Eugenia è ancora estremamente attuale, fonte diflessione e di godimento spirituale.

Una de las novelas mas impresionantes de su ciclo "La comedia humana", y considerada por muchos como su obra maestra, en Eugenia Grandet, Balzac pinto un retrato inolvidable y elocuente de un avaro a quien nada le importa ni tiene escrupulo alguno con alguien, ni siquiera con su hija, con tal de aumentar sus riquezas.

Honoré de Balzac uses his classic style of detail to describe a most controversial setting in his novel Le Pere Goriot. The story takes place in Paris just after the fall of Napoleon in 1819. The story focuses on three characters, Rastignac, a student who wants to try and make it big in the capital, Vautrin, an interesting and funny character who is also quite mysterious, and the main character, Goriot, that carries a heavy burden that only a loving parent would endure.

Balzacs Meisterwerk als kinoreifes Hörspiel. Im Leben des Winzers Grandet gibt es nur zwei Dinge, die ihm etwas bedeuten: Sein Reichtum und seine Tochter Eugénie. Als Alleinerbin ist diese bald Ziel von Heiratsavancen und Schmeicheleien. Auch daraus weiß der Vater noch Gewinn für sich zu ziehen. Eugénie selbst wehrt sich kaum gegen das Korsett aus Geiz und Vorschriften. Am Abend ihres 23. Geburtstags kommt unerwarteter Besuch aus Paris: Charles, Grandets Neffe und Eugénies Cousin. Hörspielbearbeitung: Helmut Peschina, Regie: Marguerite Gateau, Komposition: Christian Zanési.

"Oggi la mano di lei molce segrete afflizioni di ogni casa, ed ella s'avvia verso l'alto per una strada di benefici. La grandezza dell'anima copre i difetti dell'educazione e delle prime abitudini in questa donna che vive nel mondo e ad esso non appartiene, che era nata per divenire sposa e madre esemplare e non ha marito, né figlioli, né famiglia. Di recente si parlò di una nuova proposta di matrimonio da parte del marchese Froidfond, la cui parentela cominciava a circuire la ricca vedova come un giorno avevano fatto i Cruchot."

At nine years old, Eugenie Clark developed an unexpected passion for sharks after a visit to the Battery Park Aquarium in New York City. At the time, sharks were seen as mindless killing machines, but Eugenie knew better and set out to prove it. Despite many obstacles in her path, Eugenie was able to study the creatures she loved so much. From her many discoveries to the shark-related myths she dispelled, Eugenie made wide scientific contributions that led to her being nicknamed Shark Lady.

"The possession of power, no matter how enormous, does not bring the knowledge how to use it." Raphael, a failed writer, deep in debt, and unrequited in love, is about to take a suicidal plunge into the Seine River. Just in time, he discovers the "Magic Skin" in an antiquity shop. Its supernatural powers grant every wish but it extracts a terrible toll! This parable depicts the malaise of 19th century France.

La storia di Eugénie è ambientata a Saumur, piccolo paesino della campagna francese. Il padre di Eugénie, che in città è conosciuto come papà Grandet, è un vecchio vignaiuolo arricchitosi grazie all'eredità paterna fatta fruttare tramite giusti investimenti finanziari, ha un fiuto infallibile per gli affari e ad una proverbiale avarizia, che suscita in lui un notevole attaccamento all'oro che “sembrava aver comunicato il suo colore al suo viso”. Nonostante la sua ricchezza, quindi, il padrone di casa fa di tutto per nasconderla, non parlarne e, soprattutto, non spenderla.

Eugénie Grandet, first published in 1833, is one of Honoré de Balzac's finest novels, and one of the first works in what would become his large novel series titled La Comédie Humaine. Set in a provincial town in post-Revolutionary France, the story deals with money, avarice, love, and obsession. A wealthy old miser must manage the passion of his innocent daughter, who later has to navigate on her own the treacherous ways of a world in which money is "the only god." Balzac's meticulous use of psychological and physical detail influenced the development of 19th-century literary realism, in ...