The Ball at Sceaux

GPTKB entity

Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf novel
gptkbp:adaptation film
theater
gptkbp:artMovement irony
ambition
explores societal norms
gptkbp:author gptkb:Honoré_de_Balzac
gptkbp:character gptkb:Baron_de_Nucingen
gptkb:Monsieur_de_Restaud
gptkb:Mademoiselle_de_Fontaine
gptkb:Madame_de_Fontaine
gptkb:Madame_de_Restaud
gptkb:Mademoiselle_de_Restaud
the narrator
Count de L'Isle
Countess de Restaud
Eugénie's father
Eugénie's friend
Eugénie's mother
Baron_de_Nucingen's_wife
Monsieur_de_Fontaine
Monsieur_de_Restaud's_rival
gptkbp:characterArc Monsieur_de_Restaud's_downfall
gptkbp:characterDevelopment Eugénie's growth
gptkbp:conflict love triangle
marriage proposal
gptkbp:criticalReception positive
gptkbp:culturalImpact influenced later authors
gptkbp:finish the ball scene
gptkbp:flavorProfile romantic
gptkbp:genre literary fiction
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Restoration_France
gptkbp:historicalSignificance reflects 19th-century society
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Ball at Sceaux
gptkbp:influence French_literature
gptkbp:influencedBy Romanticism
gptkbp:inspiration social mobility
real-life events
gptkbp:language French
gptkbp:mainCharacter Eugénie Grandet
gptkbp:motif balls and social gatherings
gptkbp:narrativeStyle realism
third-person
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:La_Comédie_Humaine
gptkbp:plot unexpected alliances
Eugénie's choice of suitor
gptkbp:publishedIn 1830
gptkbp:resolution Eugénie's decision
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Sceaux,_France
19th century
gptkbp:style descriptive
gptkbp:symbol the ball
gptkbp:symbolism wealth and status
gptkbp:theme social class
gptkbp:userDemographics varied interpretations