Shine and poverty of courtesans. Balzac Honore de

Lucien de Ryubampra, having gone through many trials and deprivations, now rotates in the highest circles of Parisian society. The respected abbot leads him to everyone, but in reality a runaway convict, who skillfully knows how to manipulate people. However, a beautiful life has a high price. Despite the love of the beauty Esther, Lucien is forced to take care of the heiress of the rich duke. Who would know how sad the consequences such dangerous games can lead...

“The brilliance and poverty of the courtesans” is a book in which a grandiose picture of Paris 1824-1830, where it is sold and bought, is given in the latitude of coverage Everything is a career and position, love and friendship. Here, in all of their dazzling brilliance and in all their spiritual poverty, the goddesses of corrupt love, the ladies of the semi -light, the Parisian courtesans reign. Many destinies are woven by intrigues, a thirst for glory, love and betrayal in a tight knot, which only tragic death is capable of cutting.

Almost a detective plot, the depth of social and psychological analysis, the brilliant sketches of life and customs make the “brilliance and poverty of courtesans” one of the most fascinating novels of the 19th century, unsurpassed in their scale.