Eugène de Rastignac

Eugène de Rastignac is a fictional character of Honoré de Balzac.

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Rastignac, born in 1797, is one of the most important and frequently occurring characters in Balzac's La Comédie humaine series of novels (English: The Human Comedy ). He was first Baron and later became the Count. Balzac characterizes him as a rising young man, as a " genius of ambition and ruthlessness ." In the French language a careerist is also known as Rastignac. Overall Rastignac appears in 28 novels or short stories.

Appearance

Rastignac appeared in the following novels:

• Le Bal de Sceaux ( The ball of Sceaux ), 1829
• La Peau de chagrin ( The Magic Skin ), 1831
• Le Père Goriot ( Father Goriot ), 1835
• L' Interdiction ( The incapacitation ), 1836
• Illusions perdues ( Lost Illusions ), 1836-1843
• Le Cabinet des Antiques ( Antiques The Cabinet), 1837
• La Maison Nucingen (The House Nucingen ), 1837
• Splendeurs et misères of Courtisanes ( splendor and misery of courtesans ), 1838-1847
• Beatrix ( Beatrix), 1839
• Ursule Mirouet ( Ursula Mirouet ); 1841
• Les sans le savoir Comédiens ( comedians without knowing it ); 1845
• La Cousine Bette ( Cousin Bette ), 1846

References

• Honoré de Balzac: The Human Comedy, Munich 1998