La Grenadiere

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La Grenadiere

by Honoré de Balzac

EN·~53 minutes·3 chapters

Chapters

3 total

By Honore De Balzac

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LA GRENADIERE

53:16

ADDENDUM - The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.

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Description

A quiet stretch of the Loire winds past a cluster of white‑stone houses, each perched on sun‑kissed terraces that cling to the cliffs of Touraine. At the heart of this landscape lies La Grenadière, a modest, yellow‑washed home crowned with green shutters, its garden spilling over vines, pomegranates and fragrant roses. The narrow, ivy‑covered steps that lead up to the house open onto a world where the river glitters like a lake and the scent of ripe fruit hangs in the air.

Inside, the rooms are filled with the warm patina of generations—spiralling wooden staircases, walnut rafters, and a dining hall lined with crisp white tiles. The story follows the modest lives of the family who tend the vineyards and the nearby village, their hopes tangled with the rhythms of the river and the pull of a changing France. As the seasons turn, their daily joys and worries unfold against the timeless backdrop of the Loire’s gentle flow.

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Language

en

Duration

~53 minutes (51K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger

Release date

Oct 27, 2004

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

1799–1850

Best known for the vast world of La Comédie humaine, this French novelist turned ordinary ambitions, debts, scandals, and desires into stories that still feel startlingly alive. His books helped shape literary realism by showing society in all its energy, vanity, and struggle.

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