Eugénie Grandet
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Eugénie Grandet is a classic 1833 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the emotional and social struggles of a young woman in a provincial French town dominated by greed and miserliness.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Eugénie Grandet (character) | 2 |
| Félix Grandet | 2 |
| Charles Grandet | 1 |
| Madame Grandet | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| characterFocus | emotional and social struggles of a young woman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts |
conflict between love and money
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provincial French town dominated by greed ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial publication ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological novel
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realist novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations
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stage adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| includedInCycle | Scènes de la vie de province ⓘ |
| influenced | later realist fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered a classic of French literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Eugénie Grandet
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Charles Grandet
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Eugénie Grandet (character)
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Félix Grandet
Eugénie Grandet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Madame Grandet
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| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed depiction of bourgeois society
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portrayal of avarice in provincial France ⓘ psychological depth of characters ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Eugénie Grandet self-link ⓘ |
| partOf | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCorpus | early work in La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Eugénie Grandet
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surface form:
Eugénie Grandet (character)
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| publicationYear | 1833 ⓘ |
| publisher | French publishers of the 19th century ⓘ |
| series | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| settingCountry | France ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Saumur ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
family relationships
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female sacrifice ⓘ greed ⓘ miserliness ⓘ money and power ⓘ provincial life ⓘ social ambition ⓘ |
| workType | novel ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Félix Grandet
subject surface form:
La Comédie humaine
this entity surface form:
Eugénie Grandet (character)
this entity surface form:
Félix Grandet
this entity surface form:
Charles Grandet
this entity surface form:
Madame Grandet
this entity surface form:
Eugénie Grandet (character)