Rastignac
Eugène de Rastignac is a fictional character by Honoré de Balzac .
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Rastignac, born in 1797 , is one of the most important and frequently appearing characters in Balzac's cycle of novels La Comédie humaine (German: The human comedy ). He was initially a baron and later became a count. Balzac describes him as an aspiring young man, as a " genius of ambition and ruthlessness ". In French usage, a careerist is also referred to as a Rastignac . Rastignac appears in a total of 28 novels or short stories.
Appear
Rastignac appears in the following novels:
- Le Bal de Sceaux (The Ball of Sceaux), 1829
- La Peau de chagrin ( The Chagrin Leather ), 1831
- Le Père Goriot ( Father Goriot ), 1835
- L'Interdiction (The Incapacitation), 1836
- Illusions perdues ( Lost Illusions ), 1836-1843
- Le Cabinet des Antiques (The Cabinet of Antiques), 1837
- La Maison Nucingen (The Nucingen House), 1837
- Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes ( splendor and misery of the courtesans ), 1838 to 1847
- Béatrix (Beatrix), 1839
- Ursule Mirouët (Ursula Mirouët); 1841
- Les Comédiens sans le savoir (comedians against their knowledge); 1845
- La Cousine Bette (Cousine Bette), 1846
Bibliography
- Honoré de Balzac: The Human Comedy , Munich 1998