Le Cousin Pons
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Le Cousin Pons is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the tragic decline of an aging, impoverished art collector exploited by his greedy relatives and acquaintances.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Le Cousin Pons canonical | 4 |
| Cousin Pons | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| character |
Camusot de Marville
ⓘ
Madame Camusot de Marville ⓘ Madame Cibot ⓘ Rémonencq ⓘ |
| containsElement |
inheritance intrigue
ⓘ
legal maneuvering over property ⓘ tragic ending ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts |
Parisian bourgeois society
ⓘ
corruption of family ties by money ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
realist novel
ⓘ
social novel ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish |
Le Cousin Pons
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Cousin Pons
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| literaryCycle | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Sylvain Pons
ⓘ
Wilhelm Schmucke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of materialism in 19th-century Paris
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detailed depiction of art collection and connoisseurship ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An aging, impoverished art collector is exploited by greedy relatives and acquaintances. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | musician ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
aging
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impoverished ⓘ |
| relatedWork | La Cousine Bette ⓘ |
| series | Scènes de la vie parisienne ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
art collecting
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decline and death ⓘ friendship ⓘ greed ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ |
| workInLaComedieHumaine | late work ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Cousin Pons