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Balzac: The History of the Thirteen (Historie des Treize)

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Balzac; Colonialism; Conspiracy; Crime; Homosexuality; Lesbianism; Paris

The History of the Thirteen, comprising three short novels, Ferragus, La Duchesse de Langeais, and La Fille aux Yeux d’Or, is central for considering Balzac in relation to Paris, a place he sees as harboring conspiracies.

Ferragus: Chef des Devorants appeared first in the journal La Revue de Paris and the beginning of La Duchesse in L’Echo de la Jeune France: they belong to 1833, while La Fille aux Yeux d’Or (The Girl with the Golden Eyes) came out in 1835. All were to be included in the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne, as part of the Comedie Humaine. Both Ferragus and La Fille aux Yeux d’Or begin with sections dedicated to Paris. The exception is La Duchesse de Langeais, originally called Ne Touchez pas la hache(Don’t touch with the axe), a reference to the vengeance the young Marquis de Montriveau (one of the “Thirteen”) wants to carry out on the young Duchesse who will not yield to him: this is set...

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Tambling, J. (2018). Balzac: The History of the Thirteen (Historie des Treize). In: Tambling, J. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban Literary Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62592-8_36-1

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