La Grande Bretèche
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La Grande Bretèche is a novella by Honoré de Balzac, known as a haunting tale of adultery, jealousy, and entombment within his larger La Comédie humaine cycle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Grande Bretèche canonical | 3 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
novella ⓘ |
| author | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| cycle |
Scènes de la vie parisienne
ⓘ
surface form:
Scènes de la vie privée
|
| firstPublicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| genre |
gothic fiction
ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Doctor Bianchon
ⓘ
Madame de Merret ⓘ Monsieur de Merret ⓘ Spanish lover ⓘ narrator ⓘ |
| hasForm | short prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasLocationInFiction | dilapidated mansion ⓘ |
| hasMood |
macabre
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ suspenseful ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
obsessive control
ⓘ
punishment for infidelity ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeDevice | story told by a doctor ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| hasStructure | story within a story ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
ruined house
ⓘ
walled-up room ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | La Grande Bretèche self-link ⓘ |
| includedIn | Autre étude de femme ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
French Realist movement
ⓘ
surface form:
French realism
|
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
adultery
ⓘ
entombment ⓘ guilt ⓘ jealousy ⓘ revenge ⓘ secrecy ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | frame narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of marital jealousy
ⓘ
haunting atmosphere ⓘ motif of live entombment ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| setting |
France
ⓘ
Vendôme, France ⓘ
surface form:
Vendôme
|
| workIn | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.