Facino Cane (novel)
Facino Cane is an 1836 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) and included in the Scènes de la vie parisienne section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. It first appeared in the Chronique de Paris on March 17, 1836[1] and in 1837 was classified by Balzac as a Philosophical Study (Étude philosophique).[1] In 1843, it appeared with Balzac's novel Albert Savarus. In 1844, it became part of Balzac’s La Comédie humaine.[1]
The novel concerns a blind old man named Marco-Facino Cane, called "Father Canet", who claims to be a descendant of the 14th century condottiere of the same name.[2] Father Canet is a pensioner in the Hôpital des Quinze-Vingts and a clarionet-player.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Honoré de Balzac, The Works of Balzac: Modeste Mignon. Honorine. Facino Cane. Volume 18 of The Works of Balzac: Tr. Into English] (Gebbie, 1900), xii.
- ^ a b Anatole Cerfberr, Jules François Christophe, Paul Bourget (editors), Compendium. H. de Balzac's Comédie humaine. Translated by John Rudd. (Gebbie, 1899), 84-5.
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