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370 pages • first pub 1835 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393971668
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 17 December 1997
Description
"Responses: Contemporaries and Other Novelists" illustrates Balzac's immense influence on other writers, among them Charles Baudelaire, Hippolyte Taine, mile Zola, and Marcel Proust."Twentieth-Century Criticism" presents a superb selection of cri...
Community Reviews Summary of 2,694 reviews
Moods
emotional 66%
sad 60%
dark 28%
challenging 23%
funny 13%
tense 9%
informative 7%
adventurous 5%
inspiring 5%
mysterious 5%
hopeful 4%
lighthearted 2%
Pace
medium 43%
fast 4%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 66% | A mix: 26% | Plot: 6%Strong character development?
Yes: 60% | It's complicated: 21% | No: 18%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 43% | No: 39% | Yes: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 59% | Yes: 29% | It's complicated: 5% | N/A: 5%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 76% | It's complicated: 13% | No: 9%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationshipModerate
Gaslighting, Infidelity, FatphobiaMinor
Racial slurs, Confinement
370 pages • first pub 1835 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393971668
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 17 December 1997
Description
"Responses: Contemporaries and Other Novelists" illustrates Balzac's immense influence on other writers, among them Charles Baudelaire, Hippolyte Taine, mile Zola, and Marcel Proust."Twentieth-Century Criticism" presents a superb selection of cri...
Community Reviews Summary of 2,694 reviews
Moods
emotional 66%
sad 60%
dark 28%
challenging 23%
funny 13%
tense 9%
informative 7%
adventurous 5%
inspiring 5%
mysterious 5%
hopeful 4%
lighthearted 2%
Pace
medium 43%
fast 4%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 66% | A mix: 26% | Plot: 6%Strong character development?
Yes: 60% | It's complicated: 21% | No: 18%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 43% | No: 39% | Yes: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 59% | Yes: 29% | It's complicated: 5% | N/A: 5%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 76% | It's complicated: 13% | No: 9%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationshipModerate
Gaslighting, Infidelity, FatphobiaMinor
Racial slurs, Confinement