In a house at the end of an old street in Sommer, western France, there lived Grandet, the richest man in the area. He married the daughter of a rich boarder in his early years. 1789, he took advantage of the revolutionary situation to get the best vineyard, an old monastery and several fields in the area, and later got a large inheritance from his mother-in-law, grandmother and others, so his property miraculously increased.

The old man is very stingy and has the ability to manage money. In order to save money, he doesn't buy food and meat at home all year round. They are all given by tenants, and the bread is made by the maid Nannong. He doesn't want to make a fire to keep warm in the cold winter, and usually deducts his daughter and wife's pocket money. He is in the barrel business, and his calculations are as accurate as astronomers. Speculation has never failed, and everyone in this area has suffered from it.

/kloc-One day in the middle of October was the birthday of his only daughter, Eugénie. On that day, Mr. Peng Feng, the president of the primary court and the notary's family, went to Granger's house for dinner and brought rare treasures. They are all here to pursue Eugénie. Grandet old man in the mind also very understand. Just as they were celebrating their birthday, an unexpected guest came from Paris. He is Eugénie's cousin Charlie.

It turned out that Charlie's father went bankrupt and committed suicide, leaving Grandet to take care of his son's future. Grandet kept silent after seeing his brother's suicide note, and didn't tell Charlie until the next day. That night, he came up with a set of tricks and asked Robert Hormus, a notary public banker, for help on the pretext that he was busy at home.

Luo Xu, an old fox, didn't intervene. Gerasin, a banker, volunteered to please Grandet and went to Paris to help deal with the deceased's estate. He paid part of his debts to his creditors, and the rest was delayed for a long time as planned. In this case, Grandet used bankers to buy and sell bonds in Paris, which not only cost nothing, but also made a lot of money.

Charlie's poverty was sympathized by Eugénie, and the clothes and manners of Parisian playboy also attracted the admiration of rural women. For his future, Charlie decided to do business in India. Before he left, Eugénie gave him the gold coins he kept. Charlie also left her the golden cosmetic box his mother gave him as a souvenir, and they vowed to be together for life.

On the first New Year's Day after Charlie left, Grandet found that his daughter had given Charlie gold coins, so he flew into a rage and imprisoned the land. This made his wife uneasy and sick. The petitioner warned him that when his wife died, his property must be re-registered and Eugénie had the right to inherit it. The old man Ge Mingtai was frightened, so he made peace with his daughter, but when his wife died, he asked her to sign the document to give up her inheritance immediately.

The miser died in 1827, leaving170,000 francs. Eugénie inherited his father's business and became the richest man in the area. Everyone proposed to her, but they were all infatuated with Charlie. However, Charlie, who made a fortune overseas through various despicable means and met many women, has long left his cousin at home behind. He wanted to marry a noble lady, but he was blocked by his refusal to pay his father's debts.

When Eugénie learned the news of Charlie's cheating, he promised Mr. Peng Feng to get married in a rage, but kept his virginity and helped Charlie pay off his debts. Charlie regretted knowing that Eugénie had so much property. Eugénie became a widow at the age of 33, so the city people began to attack the rich widow again.

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Appreciation of Eugenie Grandet;

Eugenie Grandet is Balzac's masterpiece and one of the most famous works in world literature. The novel successfully created a cunning, greedy and stingy typical bourgeoisie, and through his rise, he highly summarized the history of social wealth and power redistribution after the French Revolution, and described how the aristocratic industry gradually transferred to the hands of the bourgeoisie, and how the nouveau riche smelled like copper became the symbol of local power and the object of worship.

Eugenie Grandet is a colorful social genre painting from other provinces in the first half of19th century. It exposes the evils of capitalist society, and money corrupts and destroys people's minds and souls.

Balzac is also a controversial figure. Indeed, for writing, he is a workaholic. Live an ordinary life every day, from late at night to early morning, and then go to bed. Because, he feels that writing at night is very good, and no one can disturb him, so he can enjoy the quiet feeling at night.

This book focuses on Eugénie's tragic love, which actually exists in Balzac. Balzac herself is such a romantic and casual woman.

Balzac's first wife played a great role in the success of Balzac's career. She encourages Balzac to write and provides inspiration, which is equivalent to Balzac's "little sister" and "nanny". Balzac was also deeply in love with her. But later, Balzac suddenly left to pursue her aristocratic dream-hooking up with a Ukrainian aristocratic lady.

When the first lady died, she still couldn't forget Balzac and went to see her in person. Regrettably, it is unacceptable to learn that Balzac has passed away with another woman, but she died a few days later. Balzac didn't feel sad for too long because of her death, and continued her charming life, and the Ukrainian aristocrat was not the last stop of his love life.

Such an "experienced" novelist certainly has his own unique perspective when describing Eugénie's tragic experience.