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Letters of Two Brides

Letters of Two Brides

by Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850

BookID: 1941

Language:English

Translator:Scott, R. S.

Uniform Title:Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées. English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 77.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Married women -- FictionEpistolary fictionMan-woman relationships -- FictionFrench fiction -- Translations into English

Description

"Letters of Two Brides" by Honoré de Balzac is an epistolary novel serialized in 1841 and published in 1842. Through exchanged letters spanning twelve years, two young French women who became friends in a convent navigate vastly different paths after leaving religious life. Louise pursues romance and passion in Parisian society, while Renée chooses pragmatic marriage and devotion to family in Provence. Their contrasting philosophies on love, happiness, and a woman's purpose unfold through intimate correspondence, revealing conflicting visions of fulfillment. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Data Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1941

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