Le Cabinet des Antiques

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Le Cabinet des Antiques is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the decline of the old French aristocracy in a provincial town during the Restoration era.

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Le Cabinet des Antiques canonical 3
The Collection of Antiquities 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Honoré de Balzac
belongsToLiteraryTradition 19th-century French novel
countryOfOrigin France
createdBy Honoré de Balzac
depicts legal and financial intrigue
political tensions during the Restoration
provincial nobility
firstPublicationForm serial publication
genre French literature
realist novel
hasAlternativeTitle The Cabinet of Antiques
The Collection of Antiquities
hasCharacter Abbé Couturier
Camille de Maufrigneuse
Chevalier d’Esgrignon
Du Croisier
Madame du Croisier
Madame d’Esgrignon
Marquis d’Esgrignon
Victurnien d’Esgrignon
hasSubject Restoration France
aristocracy
inheritance and family honor
provincial politics
social hierarchy
languageOfWork French
literaryCycle La Comédie humaine
literaryMovement realism
mainTheme conflict between nobility and bourgeoisie
decline of the old French aristocracy
provincial life
social change
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage French
partOf La Comédie humaine
partOfCycleSection Scènes de la vie de province
series La Comédie humaine
settingCountry France
settingPeriod Bourbon Restoration
settingType provincial town
workInComedieHumaineCategory Scènes de la vie de province

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Eugène de Rastignac appearsIn Le Cabinet des Antiques
Duchesse de Maufrigneuse appearsIn Le Cabinet des Antiques
Le Cabinet des Antiques hasAlternativeTitle The Collection of Antiquities
linked to: Le Cabinet des Antiques
Diane de Maufrigneuse appearsInWork Le Cabinet des Antiques