Eugenie Grandet, And, Ursule Mirouet: And Other Stories (...
de Balzac, Honore Excerpt from Eugénie Grandet, And, Ursule Mirouët: And Other StoriesN such is, of course, quite excellent. She is not stupid, as her kind are supposed to be, she is only blindly faithful, as well as thoroughly good-hearted. Nor is the unfortunate Madame Grandet an idiot, nor are any of the comparses mere dummies. But naturally they all, even Eugenie herself to some extent, serve mainly as sets-off to the terrible Grandet. In him Balzac, a Fren...