La Peau de chagrin

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La Peau de chagrin is a philosophical novel by Honoré de Balzac that explores themes of desire, power, and mortality through a magical talisman that grants wishes while shrinking with each use.

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La Peau de chagrin canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French novel
novel
philosophical novel
alternateTitle The Magic Skin
The Wild Ass's Skin
author Honoré de Balzac
centralObject magical shagreen skin
character Antiquary
Fedora
surface form: Foedora

Pauline
Raphaël de Valentin
countryOfOrigin France
createdBy Honoré de Balzac
firstPublicationForm serial publication
firstPublisher Charpentier
genre fantastic literature
philosophical fiction
social novel
hasAdaptation La Peau de chagrin (film adaptations)
hasInfluenceOn later French fantastic literature
inCollection Études philosophiques
influencedBy Romanticism
literaryCycle La Comédie humaine
surface form: Études philosophiques in La Comédie humaine
literaryMovement Realism
literarySignificance early major work in La Comédie humaine
mainCharacter Raphaël de Valentin
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage French
originalTitle La Peau de chagrin self-link
partOf La Comédie humaine
plotDevice talisman that grants wishes while shrinking
publicationYear 1831
setting Paris
structure three-part structure
symbol shagreen skin as symbol of finite life
shagreen skin as symbol of vital energy
theme consumption and excess
desire
fate
free will
mortality
power
the cost of ambition
the relationship between life force and desire
timePeriod 19th century

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Honoré de Balzac notableWork La Peau de chagrin
La Peau de chagrin originalTitle La Peau de chagrin self-link
La Comédie humaine hasPart La Peau de chagrin
La Comédie humaine portrays French society after the fall of Napoleon hasPart La Peau de chagrin
subject surface form: La Comédie humaine
Raphaël de Valentin appearsIn La Peau de chagrin
Études philosophiques hasPart La Peau de chagrin
The Magic Skin originalTitle La Peau de chagrin
The Wild Ass's Skin originalTitle La Peau de chagrin
Eugène de Rastignac appearsIn La Peau de chagrin