The Red Inn

Overview

One evening at her father's house a young woman asks a German visitor for one of those "dreadful" German stories. The story he tells reveals a murder that occurred many years ago that was never solved.

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Author Information

Bio of Honore de Balzac

Born on May 20, 1799, Honore de Balzac is considered one of the greatest French writers of all time. Balzac studied in Paris and worked as a law clerk while pursuing an unsuccessful career as an author. He soon accumulated enormous debts that haunted him most of his life. A prolific writer, Balzac would often write for 14 to-16 hours at a time. His writing is marked by realistic portrayals of ordinary, but exaggerated characters and intricate detail. In 1834, Balzac began organizing his works into a collection called The Human Comedy, an attempt to group his novels to present a complete social history of France. Characters in this project reappeared throughout various volumes, which ultimately consisted of approximately 90 works. Some of his works include Cesar Birotteau, Le Cousin Pons, Seraphita, and Le Cousine Bette. Balzac wed his lifelong love, Eveline Hanska in March 1850 although he was gravely ill at the time. Balzac died in August of that year.

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Customer Reviews

• Reminded me of Chaucer

  Posted January 26, 2008 by Jade, USA

  This story is very detail oriented. Everything is described down to the keys held by the innkeepers wife. The murder was very gruesome and the death of the soldier was just wrong. It was very enthralling and the details were so that you could actually envision yourself at the scene. Not only the scene of the crime but truly any scene of the story.

Additional Info

Imprint

CONNECT eBooks Classics

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218.10 KB

Number of Pages

N/A

eBook ISBN

9781434004727