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A review by coleton
Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac
3.0
Certainly not my favorite of the Balzacs that I have read so far. I really struggled to get into this one for about the first half. Once it sort of devolved into a conspiracy to re-direct an inheritance it really got going into the type of story that intrigues me most with Balzac.
Definitely contains echoes of "Pere Goriot" in it's cynical view of Parisian funeral proceedings as a long haul of exploitative bureaucracy. Also, Schmucke is probably the most endearing character I've come across in any of Balzac's novels so far.
There's a lot to like here. I often feel that Balzac begins extremely strong and peters out towards the end, and this one seems to have the opposite problem. Interestingly enough, I prefer it the usual way.
Definitely contains echoes of "Pere Goriot" in it's cynical view of Parisian funeral proceedings as a long haul of exploitative bureaucracy. Also, Schmucke is probably the most endearing character I've come across in any of Balzac's novels so far.
There's a lot to like here. I often feel that Balzac begins extremely strong and peters out towards the end, and this one seems to have the opposite problem. Interestingly enough, I prefer it the usual way.