L’Auberge rouge

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L’Auberge rouge is a short story by Honoré de Balzac, included in his La Comédie humaine cycle, that blends mystery and psychological drama around a sinister inn and a long-concealed crime.

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L’Auberge rouge canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
short story
author Honoré de Balzac
countryOfOrigin France
creator Honoré de Balzac
cycle La Comédie humaine
explores moral ambiguity
psychology of crime
genre mystery fiction
psychological fiction
hasElement confession
long-concealed crime
mystery investigation
sinister inn
hasNarrativePerspective first-person narration
hasTone dark
suspenseful
includedInSeries Scènes de la vie parisienne
surface form: Scènes de la vie privée
literaryMovement Realism
literaryPeriod 19th century literature
narrativeForm framed narrative
originalLanguage French
partOf La Comédie humaine
setting an inn
theme crime
guilt
justice
memory
moral responsibility
workIn La Comédie humaine

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Scènes de la vie parisienne hasPart L’Auberge rouge
Études philosophiques hasPart L’Auberge rouge