Beatrix (Esprios Classics)

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Beatrix is an 1839 novel by French author Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) and included in the Scenes de la vie privee section of his novel sequence La Comedie humaine. It first appeared in the periodical Le Siecle in August 1839, and appeared in volume form the same year. Balzac based the characters in this novel on real figures: Felicite des Touches, a celebrated musician and writer, is based on George Sand. Beatrix de Rochefide is based on Marie d'Agoult (who wrote under the pen name of Daniel Stern); Gennaro Conti is based on Franz Liszt; Claude Vignon is based on Gustave Planche.