Publisher Description
Esplendores y miserias de las cortesanas» conocido también como A Harlot High and Low, se publicó en cuatro partes entre 1838 y 1847: La feliz Esther (Esther heureuse, 1838) Lo que el amor le cuesta a un anciano (À combien l’amour revient aux vieillards, 1843) El fin de los caminos del mal (Où mènent les mauvais chemins, 1846) La última encarnación de Vautrin (La Dernière encarnación de Vautrin, 1847) Continúa la historia de Lucien de Rubempré, quien fue un personaje principal en «Ilusiones perdidas», una novela anterior de Balzac. «Esplendores y miserias de las cortesanas» forma parte de La Comedia Humana de Balzac.
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About Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was born in Tours, France, educated at the Collège de Vendôme, and studied law at the Sorbonne. His father wished him to become a lawyer, but he left Tours in 1819 to seek his fortune as an author in Paris. He wrote eighty-five novels in twenty years, but his life was one of frequent privation. In 1850, he married Countess Hanska, a rich Polish lady with whom he had corresponded for more than fifteen years. Five months later, Balzac died in Paris.