Nucingen bank
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Nucingen bank is a powerful fictional Parisian financial institution in Honoré de Balzac’s "La Comédie Humaine," symbolizing high finance, speculation, and social ambition in 19th-century France.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional bank
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fictional financial institution ⓘ literary entity ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
La Comedie Humaine
NERFINISHED
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La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy |
Honore de Balzac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Baron de Nucingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCycle | Parisian novels of La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Parisian high society
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corruption ⓘ money and power ⓘ social mobility ⓘ speculation ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Honore de Balzac
NERFINISHED
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Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
19th-century French banking
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Parisian financial world ⓘ |
| fictionalLocationType | banking house ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | fictional ⓘ |
| fictionalTimePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| genre | realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasClienteleType |
aristocracy
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bourgeoisie ⓘ speculators ⓘ |
| hasReputationInFiction |
influential financial institution
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powerful bank ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French realism ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Paris ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
center of financial intrigue
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instrument of social climbing ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Baron de Nucingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | La Comédie humaine universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
La Maison Nucingen
NERFINISHED
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Le Père Goriot NERFINISHED ⓘ Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOf | financial scenes in La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
bourgeois society
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capitalist power ⓘ financial speculation ⓘ high finance ⓘ social ambition ⓘ |
| usedAsDevice |
to connect characters across novels
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to illustrate mechanisms of credit and debt ⓘ |
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