The House of the Cat and the Racket
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The House of the Cat and the Racket is an English title of Honoré de Balzac’s early novella “La Maison du chat-qui-pelote,” a work in his La Comédie humaine cycle that portrays Parisian bourgeois life and the conflicts between art, love, and social convention.
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| At the Sign of the Cat and Racket | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalWork
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literaryWork ⓘ novella ⓘ |
| author | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| belongsToSeries | Scènes de la vie privée NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| cycle | La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
conflict between love and duty
ⓘ
constraints of social convention in marriage ⓘ |
| explores | tension between artistic vocation and bourgeois values ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| genre |
novella
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realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | French ⓘ |
| hasCentralConflict | artistic aspirations versus bourgeois expectations ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
bourgeois daughter
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bourgeois merchant ⓘ young artist ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitleVariant |
The House of the Cat Who Pelts
NERFINISHED
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The House of the Cat and the Racket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
clash between provincial simplicity and urban sophistication
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marriage as social contract ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeMode | third-person narration ⓘ |
| hasSettingLocation | a Paris drapery shop ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | early work of Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| mainSetting | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | domestic life of a Parisian merchant family ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitleMeaning | The House of the Cat Who Pelts GENERATED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La Maison du chat-qui-pelote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | Parisian bourgeois life ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
bourgeois life
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conflict between art and social convention ⓘ love and marriage ⓘ social class and ambition ⓘ |
| workByAuthor | Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workInCycle | La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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At the Sign of the Cat and Racket