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Sarrasine
Sign in to saveSarrasine is a novella written by Honoré de Balzac. Part of his Comédie humaine, it was published in 1830 in the Revue de Paris.
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- Author
- Honoré de Balzac
- First published
- 2000
- Editions
- 9
- Subjects
- Manuel, Art and society, French Short stories, [manuel], Fiction
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Sarrasine
- Book.image
- BalzacSarrasine01.jpg
- Book.caption
- Image from Sarrasine.
- Book.author
- Honoré de Balzac
- Book.illustrator
- Alcide Théophile Robaudi
- Book.country
- France
- Book.language
- French
- Book.series
- La Comédie humaine
- Book.publisher
- Revue de Paris
- Book.pub_date
- 1830
- Book.preceded_by
- Facino Cane
- Book.followed_by
- Pierre Grassou
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Full text
Sarrasine – Honoré de Balzac
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Introduction
- Commentary
- Plot summary
- Characters
- Themes
- Opposites
- Castration
- Homosexuality
- Narrative strategies
- Historical context
- Castrati in opera
- Literary context
- Realism
- Allusions and intertexts
- Renditions in other media
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
Sarrasine is a novella written by Honoré de Balzac. Part of his Comédie humaine, it was published in 1830 in the Revue de Paris.
==Introduction==
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