Shine and poverty of courtesans. Balzac O. de

One of the brightest and most interesting novels of Balzac.

The dramatic story of a good provincial young man, who now rotates in the highest circles of Paris. In a city where everything is sold and everything is bought is a career and success, a situation in society, patronage, trust, love and friendship. And a kind of symbol of this Paris, cheerful, cruel, false and corrupt, are the goddesses of hemisphere - beautiful courtesans, tamers and ruin of men...

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