Le Curé de village
Illustration from an 1897 edition
by Daniel Hernández |
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| Author | Honoré de Balzac |
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| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Series | La Comédie humaine |
| Publisher | Hippolyte Souverain |
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Publication date
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1841 |
| Preceded by | Le Médecin de campagne |
| Followed by | Le Lys dans la vallée |
Le Curé de village (The Village Priest) is a novel by Honoré de Balzac. It first appeared in La Presse in 1839. Frequently revised, the edited text was published as a separate volume in 1841. It covers themes that Balzac had already developed in le Médecin de campagne - improvements to living conditions in rural areas and redemption through self-sacrifice. It was first conceived as a detective novel and includes a mysterious death, with the attitude of its main character Véronique Graslin remaining mysterious until the end of the book.
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