- Eugénie Grandet
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name = Eugénie Grandet
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author =Honoré de Balzac
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country =France
language = French
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release_date = 1833
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novel byHonoré de Balzac aboutmiser liness, and how it is bequeathed from the father to the daughter, Eugénie, through her unsatisfying love attachment with her cousin. As is usual with Balzac, all the characters in thenovel are fully realized. Balzac conceived his grand project, "The Human Comedy", while writing "Eugénie Grandet" and incorporated it into the "Comedie" by revising the names of some of the characters in the second edition.Adaptation for cinema:
* 1921 - The Conquering Power - by Rex Ingram - starring
Alice Terry (Eugénie),Rudolph Valentino (Charles),Ralph Lewis (Father),Carrie Daumery (Mother),Bridgetta Clark (Mrs Des Grassins)
* 1946 - Eugenia Grandet - byMario Soldati - starringAlida Valli
* 1993 - Eugénie Grandet, byJean-Daniel Verhaeghe ; starring:Alexandra London (Eugénie),Jean Carmet (Father Grandet),Dominique Labourier (Mother Grandet),Claude Jade (Lucienne des Grassins).External links
*gutenberg|no=1715|name=Eugenie Grandet (English)
*gutenberg|no=11049|name=Eugénie Grandet (French)
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