Eugenia Grandet (Spanish Edition)

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Here Grandet embodies both the passionate pursuit of money, and the human cost of avarice. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world.

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He also sends a cheque to pay off the money that she gave him. AmazonGlobal Ship Orders Internationally. More could have been done to distinguish between provincial versus Parisian life. Also in The Human Comedy. His only goal in life is to acquire further wealth, and yes, he loves to see and count his gold. Well that IS what the book is about. I've just dug out the review from my files and am posting it here with some minor changes.

The two families constantly visit the Grandets to get Felix's favour, and Felix in turn plays them off against each other for his own advantage. Charles does not realise that his father, having gone bankrupt, is planning to take his own life.

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Guillaume reveals this to his brother Felix in a confidential letter which Charles has carried. Charles is a spoiled and indolent young man who is having an affair with an older woman. His father's ruin and suicide are soon published in the newspaper, and Felix tells Charles the cause of his father's suicide. Felix considers Charles to be a burden and plans to send him off overseas to make his own fortune.

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She gives him some of her own money to help with his trading ventures. Meanwhile, Felix hatches a plan to profit from his brother's ruin.

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He announces to Cruchot des Bonfons that he plans to liquidate his brother's business, so avoid a declaration of bankruptcy, and therefore save the family honour. Cruchot des Bonfons volunteers to go to Paris to make the arrangements, provided Felix pays his expenses. The des Grassins then visit just as Felix and Cruchot des Bonfons are in the middle of discussions, and the banker des Grassins volunteers to do Felix's bidding for free, so Felix accepts des Grassins' offer instead of Cruchot des Bonfons'.

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Felix then ignores all demands to pay the rest, whilst selling the bank bills at a profit. By now, Charles has left to travel overseas.

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