Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Vautrin finds Esther van Gobseck. | |
| Author | Honoré de Balzac |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Gaston Bussière |
| Language | French |
| Series | La Comédie humaine |
| Publisher | Edmond Werdet |
Publication date | 1838–1847 |
| Publication place | France |
| Preceded by | La Maison Nucingen |
| Followed by | Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan |
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, translated variously as The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans, A Harlot High and Low, or as Lost Souls, is an 1838–1847 novel by French novelist Honoré de Balzac, published in four initially separate parts:
- Esther Happy (Esther heureuse, 1838)
- What Love Costs an Old Man (À combien l’amour revient aux vieillards, 1843)
- The End of Evil Ways (Où mènent les mauvais chemins, 1846)
- The Last Incarnation of Vautrin (La Dernière incarnation de Vautrin, 1847)
It continues the story of Lucien de Rubempré, who was a main character in Illusions perdues, a preceding Balzac novel. Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes forms part of Balzac's La Comédie humaine.