Gobseck (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Honoré Balzac
- First Published: 1830
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The early nineteenth century
- Setting: Paris
- Principal Characters: Jean-Esther Van Gobseck, Countess Anastasie de Restaud, Count Ernest de Restaud, Count Maxime de Trailles, Ernest de Restaud, Mr. Derville
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Mothers, Parents and children, Love or romance, Marriage, Inheritance or succession, Ethics, Money, Wealth, Precious metals or stones, Diamonds, Gems, Finance
- Locales: Paris, France
The Story
“At one o’clock one morning, during the winter of 1829-1830, two persons not members of the Vicomtesse de Grandlieu's family were still in her salon. A handsome young man left the room as he heard the clock strike.” Thus casually begins a story in which another story will be told—a detailed recounting of social and moral evils.
Madame de Grandlieu, the viscountess, has noticed in her daughter Camille a romantic inclination toward the young Count Ernest de Restaud, who has just left, and warns the seventeen-year-old girl that he has a mother capable of...
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