Ferragus eli Salaliittolaisten päällikkö

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Ferragus eli Salaliittolaisten päällikkö

by Honoré de Balzac

FI·~4 hours·2 chapters

Chapters

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FERRAGUS ELI SALALIITTOLAISTEN PÄÄLLIKKÖ

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INVITA LEGE CONJUGI MOERENTI FILIOLAE CINERES RESTITUIT, AMICIS XII JUVANTIBUS, MORIBUNDUS PATER.

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The opening sweeps listeners through Paris’s tangled arteries, painting each boulevard and alley as a character in its own right—gleaming avenues of aristocracy, shadowy lanes of crime, and bustling markets where ambition and desperation collide. Against this vivid backdrop, a young man of modest means becomes fascinated by the city’s hidden currents, drawn to whispers of a powerful, secretive brotherhood that moves unseen beneath the glitter of society.

His curiosity leads him to Ferragus, the enigmatic chief of this clandestine network, whose presence hints at both danger and allure. As the protagonist navigates the contrasting worlds of elegance and intrigue, he discovers that loyalty, love, and betrayal are as fluid as the streets themselves. The story promises a richly textured portrait of early‑19th‑century Paris, where every corner may conceal a new revelation and the quest for truth becomes a perilous adventure.

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fi

Duration

~4 hours (259K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

Oct 20, 2015

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

1799–1850

A towering figure of 19th-century French literature, he transformed the novel into a vivid portrait of society, ambition, money, and desire. His interconnected fiction, later gathered as La Comédie humaine, remains one of the great literary panoramas of modern life.

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