Grandet house in Saumur
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The Grandet house in Saumur is the modest, tightly run provincial household of the Grandet family in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Eugénie Grandet," symbolizing both their hidden wealth and oppressive domestic life.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional house
ⓘ
literary location ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Eugénie Grandet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacterTrait |
Eugénie’s piety and simplicity
ⓘ
Félix Grandet’s miserliness ⓘ |
| associatedWithMotif |
closed doors and locked spaces
ⓘ
cold and darkness in the home ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
bourgeois economy
ⓘ
domestic oppression ⓘ female confinement ⓘ greed ⓘ |
| controlsLifeOf |
Eugénie Grandet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madame Grandet NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryInFiction | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
modest
ⓘ
tightly run ⓘ |
| economicRole | place where Grandet hoards wealth ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | not a real building ⓘ |
| functionInNarrative |
primary setting of Eugénie Grandet
ⓘ
site of Eugénie’s emotional development ⓘ space of family conflict ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | realist novel ⓘ |
| hasMedium | novel ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
Eugénie Grandet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Félix Grandet NERFINISHED ⓘ Grandet family NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame Grandet NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | Saumur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
austere interior
ⓘ
lack of visible luxury ⓘ |
| ownedByInFiction | Félix Grandet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Scènes de la vie de province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInRegionFictional | Loire Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
avarice
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economic miserliness ⓘ hidden wealth ⓘ oppressive domestic life ⓘ provincial narrowness ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | early 19th century ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1833 ⓘ |
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