This up-to-date account of the novel's composition, structure, and achievement provides readers with the literary and historical knowledge needed to make sense of the text. Professor Bellos explains how Balzac challenged prevailing nineteenth-century expectations of what novels should be like.
| ISBN: | 9780521316347 |
| Publication date: | 26th November 1987 |
| Author: | David University of Manchester Bellos |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 116 pages |
| Series: | Landmarks of World Literature |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 |