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A review by kipahni
The Wrong Side of Paris by Honoré de Balzac
4.0
This is my first intro into the literary talent of Balzac (my only exposure prior to now is a reference in the "music man" musical song pick-a-little:
Maud:Professor, her kind of woman doesn't belong on any committee. Of course, I shouldn't tell you this but she advocates dirty books.
Harold:
Dirty books?!
Alma:
Chaucer
Ethel:
Rabelais
Eulalie:
Balzac!
Anyway back to the book. I knew I would enjoy this author when I read the lines"These words, so simple in themselves, were made great by the speaker's intonation, for his voice possessed a sort of mesmerizing charm. Are there not sertain voices, calm and gentle, that strike the ear much as the color ultramarine the eye?"
This pretty much sums up my feelings of this book. This moral tale is full of well rounded characters and discriptive places. I also have an affinity for the location of this book, so that makes me more bias in that if this book were to take place in early america I wouldn't have enjoyed it nearly as much.
Maud:Professor, her kind of woman doesn't belong on any committee. Of course, I shouldn't tell you this but she advocates dirty books.
Harold:
Dirty books?!
Alma:
Chaucer
Ethel:
Rabelais
Eulalie:
Balzac!
Anyway back to the book. I knew I would enjoy this author when I read the lines"These words, so simple in themselves, were made great by the speaker's intonation, for his voice possessed a sort of mesmerizing charm. Are there not sertain voices, calm and gentle, that strike the ear much as the color ultramarine the eye?"
This pretty much sums up my feelings of this book. This moral tale is full of well rounded characters and discriptive places. I also have an affinity for the location of this book, so that makes me more bias in that if this book were to take place in early america I wouldn't have enjoyed it nearly as much.