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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 16h

Last visit??? All of Ch20 Last visit to the Cénacle Day 62, Sept 31, Thurs - p328 “Who, unless he were a Diogenes…” to p333 “…Camusot was waiting for her downstairs.” END OF CH20 #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Day 61, Sept 30, Wed - SHORT DAY p325 “At two the next afternoon, the actress and her lover…” to p328 END OF CH19 “He said to himself: ‘I lover her…I’ll lever leave her.’” #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

every French dinner party needs a German, er, a target. #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'un seul' evoque pour moi la contraire, i'mpression de ne pas avoir la privée à paris. on n'est jamais tout seul. #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Start Ch19 An actress’s apartments Day 60, Sept 29, Tues - p319 “Lucian was unused to Parisian orgies…” to p324 “I’ll see no one before two o’clock.” #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

All of Ch18 The supper Day 59, Sept 28, Mon - p310 “‘I don’t understand why you’re attacking…” to p319 “…a toast to rosy-fingered Dawn.” END OF CH18 #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

if you can write in a beautiful theater actress's boudoir, you can write anywhere. lucien, low-res MFA student. #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

All of Ch17 How a new-sheet is edited Day 58, Sept 27, Sun - p302 “Coralie rejoined Florine in her bedroom…” to p310 “…the German envoy on the other.” END OF CH7 #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Day 57, Sept 26, Sat - SHORT DAY p300 “‘Why do you have no carriage?’ asked Du Bruel.” to p302 “…alone with Lucien in the carriage.” END OF CH6 #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

week 9 of #balzactogether starts tomorrow! will lucien ever get published???

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Start Chapter 16 Coralie Day 56, Sept 25, Fri - p294 “Suddenly an amorous glance streamed through a chink in the theater curtain…” to p300 “‘These cabs are frightful!’ said Coralie.” #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Day 55, Sept 24, Thurs - SHORT DAY p291 “‘And Finot,’ exclaimed Lucien, remembering the scene…” to p293 “They swirled over the poet as he sat reclining…monotonous existence.” END OF CH15 #balzactogether

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Alison @alisonjaye.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“All this inglorious poetry has gone…It was horrible but gay.” Loved this chapter and its depiction of a once vibrant microcosm of society. #balzactogether

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Maureen McGranaghan @mcgranaghan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"The most dangerous thing is to churn out wit all alone in a corner." #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

'Be hard and witty for a month or two, you'll be swamped with invitations...' Really? Is that how quickly gossip/fame in Paris back then? And we haven't heard about Lucien's clothes in a few chapters now. First, clothes. Then, connections. #Balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Start Chapter 15 A use for druggists Day 54, Sept 23, Wed - p284 “Etienne and Lucien entered a stage-box…” to p291 “Finot will be a deputy in the Chamber…” #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

All of Chapter 14 Behind the scenes Day 52, Sept 21, Mon - p276 “‘What an emporium!’ Lucien exclaimed.” to p284 “What can’t be cured must be endured.” END OF CH14 #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I forget, does everybody have chapters in their editions, or no? #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

All of Chapter 13 A fourth variety of publisher Day 51, Sept 20, Sun - p271 “Well, children,’ said a portly little man with a face rather like that of a Roman proconsul…” to p276 “Lucien scarcely caught more than a glimpse of his fair hair…” END OF CH13 #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

All of Chapter 12 A publisher’s bookshop in the Wooden Galleries Day 50, Sept 19, Sat - p266 “Lucien was actually at the door of Dauriat’s shop…” to p271 “Involuntarily, Lucien felt less confident…” END OF CH12 #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

often I hear 'head of illusions,' not 'heart of illusions.' but maybe that's where i think illusions belong and do the most damage? #balzactogether

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Nemi 📚🎶 @nemi.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026

„La polémique, mon cher, est le piédestal des célébrités.“ #BalzacTogether ILLUSIONS PERDUES Un grand homme de province à Paris

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

something seductive about artistic ambition that hides how difficult it is to actually make a living. he must be a good salesman of his poetry! #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

All of Chapter 11 The Wooden Galleries Day 49, Sept 18, Fri - p260 “At that period the Wooden Galleries constituted one of the outstanding curiosities of Paris.” to p266 “‘I knew very well you’d come this way in the end.’” END OF CH11 #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Start Chapter 10 A third variety of publisher Day 48, Sept 17, Thurs - p252 “The neophyte joyfully returned to his hotel…” to p259 “Then the two friends entered the Wooden Galleries…” END OF CH10 #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

hahaha. this novel is all about finding your day job to fund your artistic ambitions. #BalzacTogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Start Chapter 9 Good advice Day 47, Sept 16, Wed - p244 “‘My friend,’ said Etienne Lousteau gravely…” to p252 “The one was out for a corporal’s stripes, the other wanted to join the ranks.” END OF CH9 #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

All of Chapter 8 The sonnets Day 46, Sept 15, Tues - p238 “Since that most blessed day when Lucien had made Daniel d’Artheat’s acquaintance” to p243 “‘Well?’ asked Lucien after a moment of silence which seemed to him inordinately long.” END OF CH8 #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Day 45, Sept 14, Mon - SHORT DAY p234 “‘Oh!” to p238 “No doubt this young journalist…” END OF CH7 #balzactogether

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A. E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I think my Odyssey review is now up without the paywall: www.the-tls.com/arts/film/th...

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Showdowns and shootouts

The song remains: Christopher Nolan’s version of Homer

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Start Chapter 7 A newspaper seen from outside Day 44, Sept 13, Sun - SHORT DAY p230 “After limbering up his wits during the events spent in d’Arthea’s rooms…” to p234 “‘Madame, I do not belong to the newspaper.” #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Lucien's Paris seems very far away from Marie-Louise-Anais de Negrepelisse Chatelet's Paris (aka Madame de Bargeton) #balzactogether

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Bestor - Belgian Science and Technology Online Resources @bestor2008.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

An impressive lecture series (for free and without registration!) next week at Universiteit Gent, dedicated to the question of what the object(ive) of the humanities is.

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A child as an investment with expected returns -- Balzac is writing at the age when this is becoming less defined and parents (and kinder siblings) are letting emotion get in the way of this cold calculus. #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Start Chapter 6 The flowers of poverty Day 43, Sept 12, Sat - p222 “At the beginning of December Lucien…” to p230 “‘Lord forgive him! He’s just a child!’ cried Michel Chrestien.” END OF CH6 #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A perfect summer read or the read that keeps summer alive any time of year. SAG HARBOR by Colson Whitehead.

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Day 41, Sept 10, Thurs - p222 “This community of feeling and interests lasted for twenty years…” to p222 “Thus it was that Lucien discovered in the rue des Quatre Vents an oasis in the desert of Paris.” END OF CH5 #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I devoured this unique blend of theory/memoir. Check out THE FRENCHMAN: OR, MY LIFE IN THEORY by Emily Eakin

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Fulgence Ridal appears in 3 Balzac novels. A pen name used by Anatole Cerfberr (1835–1896), a French journalist, author, and researcher. His most famous contribution to literature is a monumental reference guide to Balzac's universe. balzacbooks.wordpress.com/characters-i... #balzactogether

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Characters in La Comedie Humaine

List of characters in the Comedie Humaine and the stories in which they appear. With a few exceptions only characters appearing in more than one story are listed. A link in the character nam…

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Alison @alisonjaye.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“A great writer is just simply a martyr whom the stake cannot kill.” #balzactogether

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Literature Supporter @literaturesc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

this is my kind of reading buddy/writers support group. reading a newly minted friend's entire manuscript in 7 hours at one go! #balzactogether

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Nemi 📚🎶 @nemi.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026

„Daniel d'Arthez alla mettre au Mont-de-Piété sa montre pour pouvoir acheter deux falourdes, afin que son nouvel ami trouvât du feu chez lui, car il faisait froid.“ #BalzacTogether ILLUSIONS PERDUES Un grand homme de province à Paris

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Maureen McGranaghan @mcgranaghan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Doguereau arriving at Lucien's address and climbing the stairs to his garret all the while talking himself into an ever lower offer (comically and insidiously) was Dickensian indeed. #balzactogether

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