Cesar Birotteau by Robin Buss
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Cesar Birotteau
Cesar Birotteau
Summary
One of Balzac's "Scenes de la Vie Privee" within the "Comedie Humaine" sequence, this book describes the irresistible rise and fall of a perfume merchant in the Rue St Honore.
Cesar Birotteau Summary
Table of Contents
Map of Paris in 1819. Introduction. Money, Credit, Speculation and Bankruptcy. A Note on the Text. PART ONE: CESAR AT HIS ZENITH. 1. A domestic dispute. 2. Cesar Birotteau's antecedents. 3. The seeds of misfortune. 4. Excessive expenditure. 5. A true philosopher and a great chemist. 6. The two stars. 7. The ball. PART TWO: CESAR GRAPPLES WITH MISFORTUNE. 8. Some shafts of lightning. 9. The thunderbolt. 10. High finance. 11. A friend. 12. A bankrupt's last day. 13. A bankruptcy. PART THREE: CESAR IN TRIUMPH. 14. A general history of bankruptcy. 15. The finest example that anyone can offer his fellow-men. 16. To heaven. Notes.
Additional information
GOR003937899
9780140446005
0140446001
Cesar Birotteau by Robin Buss
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
1994-01-27
320
N/A
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