The Jealousies of a Country Town
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Excerpt from The Jealousies of a Country Town: Les Rivalités The two stories of "Les Rivalités" are more closely connected than it was always Balzac´s habit to connect the tale which he united under a common heading. Not only are both devoted to the society of Alencon - a town and neighborhood to which he had evidently strong, though it is not clearly known what, attractions - not only is the Chevalier de Valois a notable ¿gure in each; but the community, imparted by the elaborate study of the old noblesse in each case, is even greater than either of these ties could give. Indeed, if instead of "Les Rivalites" the author had chosen some label indicating the study of the noblesse qui s´en va, it might almost have been preferable. He did not, however; and though in a man who so constantly changed his titles and his arrangements the actual ones are not excessively authoritative, they have authority. "La Vieille Fille," despite a certain tone of levity - which, to do Balzac justice, is not common with him, and which is rather hard upon the poor heroine - is one of the best and liveliest things he ever did. The opening picture of the chevalier, though, like other things of its author´s, especially in his overtures, liable to the charge of being elaborated a little too much, is one of the very best things of its kind, and is a sort of locus classicus for its subject. The whole picture of country town society is about as good as it can be; and the only blot that I know is to be found in the sentimental Athanase, who was not quite within Balzac´s province, extensive as that province is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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