Illusions perdues

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French novel literary work novel

Illusions perdues is a major 19th-century French novel by Honoré de Balzac that follows an aspiring poet’s rise and moral decline amid the corrupt worlds of Parisian journalism, literature, and society.

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Illusions perdues (film) 1
Lost Illusions 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French novel ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Honoré de Balzac ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1837 ⓘ
genre bildungsroman ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation Illusions perdues self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Illusions perdues (film)
hasPart Les Deux Poètes ⓘ
Les Souffrances de l’inventeur ⓘ
Scènes de la vie parisienne ⓘ
surface form: Un Grand homme de province à Paris
hasSubject literary career ⓘ
printing industry ⓘ
social climbing ⓘ
influenced later realist novels ⓘ
inSeries Scènes de la vie de province ⓘ
Scènes de la vie parisienne ⓘ
literaryMovement Realism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century literature ⓘ
literaryStatus major work of 19th-century French literature ⓘ
mainCharacter David Séchard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louise de Bargeton ⓘ
Lucien Chardon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ève Chardon ⓘ
Étienne Lousteau ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor critique of literary and social corruption ⓘ
detailed depiction of Parisian journalism ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf La Comédie humaine ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
publisher Various 19th-century French publishers ⓘ
settingLocation Angoulême ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
theme ambition ⓘ
corruption in journalism ⓘ
corruption of ideals ⓘ
moral decline ⓘ
provincial versus Parisian society ⓘ
rise and fall of an artist ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory Restoration France ⓘ
titleLanguage French ⓘ
translatedTitle Illusions perdues self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lost Illusions
workOfAuthor Honoré de Balzac ⓘ

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Illusions perdues → hasAdaptation → Illusions perdues self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illusions perdues (film)
La Comédie humaine → hasPart → Illusions perdues ⓘ
subject surface form: La Comédie humaine
Honoré de Balzac → notableWork → Illusions perdues ⓘ
Illusions perdues → translatedTitle → Illusions perdues self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lost Illusions