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“The second law of thermodynamics corresponds to Murphy's first law: anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Only this time we're not talking about physical or general social laws, but about human lives.
The novel The Peasants (1844) is a realistic depiction of French rural life in the first half of the 19th century. The book leaves the impression of a tragic struggle between the old order and new social forces, making it a key work of French realism.
The author's first novel. It was adapted into a film starring Robin Wright Penn, Julianne Moore, Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder.
Uncle Goriot is the story of the old war profiteer Goriot and his daughters, who, after robbing him to the skin, leave him to die in the solitude and misery of the Vaquer boarding house, a story that can be read today on several levels.
It is a novel that thematically and stylistically depicts the inner world of a woman in transition through various aspects of society, intimacy, and spirituality.