César Birotteau, parfumeur à Paris enrichi par le succès de produits cosmétiques innovants, adjoint au maire et récipiendaire de la Légion d'honneur, décide de transformer son logement en appartement luxueux pour donner à la fin de l'année 1818 un bal à l'occasion du retrait des troupes d'occupation de la France. Ses projets somptuaires, qui effraient sa femme et son fidèle employé Anselme Popinot. Ils lui donnent un vertige d'ambition qui l'amène à risquer toute sa fortune. Le notaire Roguin flaire en Birotteau une dupe potentielle et il l'entraîne dans une affaire de spéculation immobilière massive dans le quartier de la Madeleine à Paris.
90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.2) : Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy: The Awakening, A Tale of Two Cities, Iliad & Odyssey,War and Peace, The Yellow Wallpaper, Fathers and Sons,The Prince, Peter and Wendy...
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Honoré de Balzac
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