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A review by romankurys
Albert Savarus by Honoré de Balzac
3.0
I thought by now I had Human Comedy figured out, so it caught me off guard when this story did not take place in Paris.
Instead, Balzac takes us to a small village and proceeds to tell his love story of things that could be.
This story has many cliches. Like, for example, one person loves someone they cannot have. Another person loves someone who does not want them. Many people in a small town are fighting over decision making power. And in the center of it all, our main protagonist, Albert Savarus.
Despite the cliches, I found myself enjoying my time reading this novella. It had a certain, spark, I suppose, that kept me turning over one page after another.
There were a few aha moments, a few laughs, and, naturally, a few I knew its, but overall I liked it.
‘Balzac has a way of telling his story that is old fashioned and at the same time intriguing and still interesting today. A few of the 19th century European writers did. Dumas comes to mind, Stendhal, Dickens, Walter Scott, Hugo a few that jump first in my mind.
Personally I think this is either something one likes, or does not. It’s either boring, or interesting. For me, its a good glance into the past told from the eyes of a person who had lived through those times. I suppose that is where my interest comes through.
Anyways, I am hooked and will be continuing Human Comedy further for sure.
Roman
Instead, Balzac takes us to a small village and proceeds to tell his love story of things that could be.
This story has many cliches. Like, for example, one person loves someone they cannot have. Another person loves someone who does not want them. Many people in a small town are fighting over decision making power. And in the center of it all, our main protagonist, Albert Savarus.
Despite the cliches, I found myself enjoying my time reading this novella. It had a certain, spark, I suppose, that kept me turning over one page after another.
There were a few aha moments, a few laughs, and, naturally, a few I knew its, but overall I liked it.
‘Balzac has a way of telling his story that is old fashioned and at the same time intriguing and still interesting today. A few of the 19th century European writers did. Dumas comes to mind, Stendhal, Dickens, Walter Scott, Hugo a few that jump first in my mind.
Personally I think this is either something one likes, or does not. It’s either boring, or interesting. For me, its a good glance into the past told from the eyes of a person who had lived through those times. I suppose that is where my interest comes through.
Anyways, I am hooked and will be continuing Human Comedy further for sure.
Roman