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In his novels Eugenie Grandet (1833) and The Museum of Antiquities (1837), Balzac explores universal themes of greed, human passions, sacrifice, and moral dilemmas, placing them in different social contexts of 19th-century French society.
Françoise Sagan, like the hero of this novel-essay of hers, Sebastian and Eleonora Van Milhem, brother and sister, elegantly wears a mask of relaxation and carefreeness, but behind the mask hides a vulnerable human being.
This collection is perfect for fans of psychological mysteries like Agatha Christie or Simenon, but with a French poetic touch.
In 1506, Michelangelo Buonarroti was invited by Sultan Bayezid II to design a bridge across the Golden Horn in Constantinople. Furious at Pope Julius II who had humiliated him and refused to pay, Michelangelo left Rome and arrived by ship in Constantinopl
Flipping through old Italian chronicles, Stendhal finds motifs for a series of his novels in which he depicts the passions of the Middle Ages and the unrestrained madness of the Renaissance.