Lost Illusions
De Balzac, HonorÉ / Raine, Kathleen / Howard, Richard
The story of Lucien Chardon, a young poet from Angouleme who tries desperately to make a name for himself in Paris, is a brilliant, realistic, droll, and addictive work that brings the whole of Parisian humanity brilliantly to life.Lost Illusions is one of the cornerstones of Balzac's multivolume masterpiece, "The Human Comedy.