How Long to Read Balzac's Paris

How Long Does it Take to Read Balzac's Paris?

It takes the average reader to read Balzac's Paris by Eric Hazan

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Description

An exploration of Paris with Balzac, 19th century French society's most famous novelist and observer In Balzac's greatest work, a body of novels and stories collectively entitled The Human Comedy, he set out to offer a complete picture of contemporary French society and manners. His loving ode to Paris also serves as an introduction to the first capital of the modern world. The ever-new Paris to which he addresses his declaration of love consists of an accumulation of details – names, landmarks, streams, gates – a city with countless meticulously drawn figures: legal clerks, grisettes, journalists, concierges, usurers, salesmen, speculators. Balzac gathered the elements of this Paris by sauntering through it. ‘To saunter is a science,’ he writes, ‘it is the gastronomy of the eye. To take a walk is to vegetate; to saunter is to live.’ This book follows in Balzac’s footsteps, crossing the city in his big boots, running between his printers, publishers, coffee merchants, mistresses and friends, stopping for a moment, struck by a detail that his photographic memory faithfully fixed. More than a tour of the city, Balzac's Paris is an attempt to measure the soul of a place.

How long is Balzac's Paris?

Balzac's Paris by Eric Hazan is 0 pages long, and a total of 0 words.

This makes it 0% the length of the average book. It also has 0% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Balzac's Paris Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes to read Balzac's Paris aloud.

What Reading Level is Balzac's Paris?

Balzac's Paris is suitable for students ages 2 and up.

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