Two Brothers

By Honoré de Balzac · Running time 13:40:24 · Literary Fiction, Published 1800 -1900

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“The Two Brothers” (1842) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the novel series known as “The Human Comedy.” Balzac’s French title was “La Rabouilleuse”; other English translations have been variously titled “The Black Sheep” and “A Bachelor’s Establishment.” After initially detailing the backstories of his characters, Balzac launches into an engaging and searing portrait of family relationships: parental, filial, and sibling relations are all tested to the breaking point. In small town in post-Napoleonic France, a father mistakenly believes that his daughter is not his legitimate offspring, a

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