La Recherche de l’absolu

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La Recherche de l’absolu is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that explores obsession, alchemy, and the destructive pursuit of scientific perfection within a bourgeois family.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Honoré de Balzac ⓘ
concerns financial ruin caused by scientific experiments ⓘ
pursuit of the absolute in chemistry ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
cycleWithinLaComédieHumaine Scènes de la vie privée ⓘ
explores conflict between science and family duties ⓘ
moral consequences of scientific research ⓘ
ruin of a bourgeois household ⓘ
firstPublicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
genre family novel ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling La Recherche de l’absolu (without typographical variations) ⓘ
hasApproximatePublicationPeriod 1830s ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
includedInBalzacClassification Études de mœurs ⓘ
literaryMovement French realism ⓘ
mainCharacter Balthazar Claës ⓘ
Madame Claës ⓘ
mainTheme alchemy ⓘ
bourgeois family life ⓘ
destructive pursuit of perfection ⓘ
obsession ⓘ
scientific ambition ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf La Comédie humaine ⓘ
series La Comédie humaine ⓘ
setting Douai ⓘ
Flanders ⓘ

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La Comédie humaine → hasPart → La Recherche de l’absolu ⓘ
Études philosophiques → hasPart → La Recherche de l’absolu ⓘ
La Recherche de l’absolu → hasAlternativeSpelling → La Recherche de l’absolu (without typographical variations) ⓘ
linked to: La Recherche de l’absolu
Madame Claës → appearsIn → La Recherche de l’absolu ⓘ
Madame Claës → appearsIn → La Recherche de l’absolu (novel) ⓘ
linked to: La Recherche de l’absolu
Balthazar Claës → fictionalUniverse → La Recherche de l’absolu ⓘ
Balthazar Claës → appearsIn → La Recherche de l’absolu ⓘ
Balthazar Claës → notableWork → La Recherche de l’absolu ⓘ