Cousin Pons (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Honoré Balzac
- First Published: 1847
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: The 1840’s
- Setting: Paris, France
- Genres: Long fiction, Bourgeois fiction
- Subjects: France or French people, Nineteenth century, Music or musicians, Art or artists, Paris, Death or dying, Wills, Loneliness, Swindling or swindlers, Collecting or collectors, Orchestras or orchestral music, Conducting or conductors
- Locales: Paris, France
Characters Discussed
Sylvain Pons (seel-VAN pohns), usually called Cousin Pons but sometimes referred to as “The Parasite,” an elderly musician whose twin passions are art and food. Born ugly, with a massive head and a huge nose, he was at one time a composer of popular songs and several operas; he now makes a modest living as an orchestra conductor and music teacher. He dresses shabbily and constantly dines out at the tables of his distant relatives in order to save money for the purchase of new objects for his valuable art collection. Naïve, greedy in his love of food,...
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Honoré de Balzac (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Honoré de Balzac (Mystery and Detective Fiction)Honoré de Balzac (Dictionary of World Biography)Honoré de Balzac (Censorship)Honoré de Balzac (Short Fiction)Honoré de Balzac (Long Fiction)
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