{"product_id":"lost-souls-paperback-softback-9781517905446","title":"Lost Souls (Paperback \/ softback) 9781517905446","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLost Souls\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHonoré de Balzac (Author), Raymond N. MacKenzie (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781517905446\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 March 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e536 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 5.1 cm, 0.826 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beautifully written.\"-\u003ci\u003eBook Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Between \u003ci\u003eLost Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLost Souls\u003c\/i\u003e, in two hefty, handsome paperbacks-with scholarly trimmings to help, not impede a reader-we now have both of the novels (technically all seven novels in a trilogy followed by a tetralogy… published between 1837 and 1847 in not entirely chronological order… because Balzac?) tracing the fate of Lucien de Rubempre, in print as though they belong together, on your to-be-read lists and your shelves. They are a remarkable itinerary.\"-\u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Here’s a gift to the world literature in English that keeps on giving: Raymond Mackenzie keeps making fine translations of Balzac’s huge, great novels and the University of Minnesota Press keeps publishing them in the same handsome format: after \u003ci\u003eLost Illusions, Lost Souls\u003c\/i\u003e. They have given us convincing, eminently readable versions of Balzac. \"-David Ball, \u003ci\u003eMETAMORPHOSES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first new translation of Balzac’s 1847 novel \u003ci\u003eSplendeurs et misÈres des courtisanes\u003c\/i\u003e in half a century, fully annotated and with an extensive introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLost Souls\u003c\/i\u003e, HonorÉ 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 RubemprÉ, 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 AbbÉ Herrera, a villain for the ages. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52653197754648,"sku":"9781517905446","price":14.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/lost-souls-paperback-softback-9781517905446","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}