{"product_id":"9781595690531","title":"Ursula (Ursule Mirouet)","description":"\"Ursula\" (original French title \"Ursule Mirouet,\" 1842) forms one part of \"Scenes from Provincial Life,\" a series of novels-whose other major work is \"Eugenie Grandet\"-examining manners and morals in the French provinces. --- Among all the novels of Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), none depicts so penetratingly the small-mindedness, avarice, and envy of the provincial lower middle classes. In \"Ursula\", no limitations based on morality or decency will hold these people back in their effort to acquire wealth and influence. --- Along with Stendhal, Balzac is the most important French novelist of the first half of the nineteenth century, and a founder of the realistic novel in Europe. His principal work is the unfinished cycle \"The Human Comedy\" (French: \"La Comedie Humaine,\" which includes \"Scenes from Provincial Life\"), in which he attempted, in more than 80 volumes, to depict the society of his time in its entirety.","brand":"Mondial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057463345392,"sku":"9781595690531","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781595690531_p0.jpg?v=1763812781","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781595690531","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}