The Quest Of The Absolute (La Comédie Humaine #74)

Honoré de Balzac

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3.79 · 10 ratings · 100 pages · Published: 1834
The Quest Of The Absolute by Honoré de Balzac
In Balzac's classic study of obsession, a chance meeting changes Balthazar Claes' life as it introduces him to alchemy and initiates his quest of the absolute. Throughout, our sympathy is equally divided between Balthazar's single-minded determination to push back the frontiers of knowledge, and the ruin of his family. "The Quest Of The Absolute" Was first published in France in 1834 and appears in a new edition from Dedalus, translated by Ellen Marriage and with an afterword and chronology by Christopher Smith.
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