Nucingen bank

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Nucingen bank is a powerful fictional Parisian financial institution in Honoré de Balzac’s "La Comédie Humaine," symbolizing high finance, speculation, and social ambition in 19th-century France.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nucingen bank canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional bank ⓘ
fictional financial institution ⓘ
literary entity ⓘ
appearsIn La Comedie Humaine ⓘ
linked to: La Comédie humaine

La Comédie humaine ⓘ
appearsInWorkBy Honore de Balzac ⓘ
linked to: Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Baron de Nucingen ⓘ
associatedWithCycle Parisian novels of La Comédie humaine ⓘ
associatedWithTheme Parisian high society ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
money and power ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ
speculation ⓘ
country France ⓘ
createdBy Honore de Balzac ⓘ
linked to: Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac ⓘ
depicts 19th-century French banking ⓘ
Parisian financial world ⓘ
fictionalLocationType banking house ⓘ
fictionalStatus fictional ⓘ
fictionalTimePeriod 19th century ⓘ
genre realist fiction ⓘ
hasClienteleType aristocracy ⓘ
bourgeoisie ⓘ
speculators ⓘ
hasReputationInFiction influential financial institution ⓘ
powerful bank ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
literaryMovement French realism ⓘ
locatedIn Paris ⓘ
medium literature ⓘ
narrativeRole center of financial intrigue ⓘ
instrument of social climbing ⓘ
ownedBy Baron de Nucingen ⓘ
partOfFictionalUniverse La Comédie humaine universe ⓘ
linked to: La Comédie humaine
relatedWork La Maison Nucingen ⓘ
Le Père Goriot ⓘ
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes ⓘ
settingOf financial scenes in La Comédie humaine ⓘ
symbolizes bourgeois society ⓘ
capitalist power ⓘ
financial speculation ⓘ
high finance ⓘ
social ambition ⓘ
usedAsDevice to connect characters across novels ⓘ
to illustrate mechanisms of credit and debt ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baron de Nucingen → business → Nucingen bank ⓘ
Baron de Nucingen → employer → Nucingen bank ⓘ