French writer Honore de Balzac had many unique strengths, and chief among them is his ability to limn and illuminate subtle differences between social classes. In this pastoral novel, Balzac explores the virtues and follies of country life through the eyes of Emile Blondet, a journalist who was born and raised in the provinces, works in Paris, and has returned to the countryside of his youth for a much-needed vacation.

The first part of the story is narrated in the form of Blondet's letter to Nathan and it begins with a rapturous description of the valley of Aigues in Burgundy, a landscape where art is blended with nature in such a way that neither of them spoils the other; the art is natural, and the nature artistic. He is in ecstasy about the chateau and its park too. But (yes, call me suspicious) methinks these raptures have more to do with the lady than the landscape...

• We started tracking this book on April 18, 2019.
• This book was £3.35 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 135 times in the past 2,217 days.
• The current price of this book is £3.18 last checked 18 hours ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past 90 days.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is £2.89.
• The lowest price to date was £2.10 last reached on June 4, 2021.
• This book has been £2.10 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was £3.49 last reached on March 19, 2023.
• This book has been £3.49 4 times since we started tracking it.

• Literature & FictionClassics

• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 204 Pages
• File Size: 429 KB