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portada The Celibates
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2025
Language
English
Pages
446
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
21.6x14x2.5 cm
ISBN13
9789376808830

The Celibates

Honore De Balzac (Author) · Double 9 Books · Paperback

The Celibates - Honore De Balzac

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Synopsis "The Celibates"

The celibates examines isolation, duty, and quiet suffering within rigid social structures shaped by convention and expectation. The narrative explores the lives of unmarried individuals whose emotional worlds are constrained by obligation, control, and unfulfilled desire. Domestic spaces become places of tension rather than refuge, where authority and dependency distort familial bonds. Youthful vulnerability contrasts sharply with calculated self interest, revealing how power can be exercised subtly through neglect and moral pressure. The setting emphasizes stillness and routine, underscoring how resignation and ambition coexist in environments resistant to change. Loneliness is portrayed not as solitude alone, but as a condition imposed by social roles and economic calculation. The story reflects on innocence trapped within systems that reward control over compassion. Through restrained realism, the novel exposes how personal aspiration is shaped and often crushed by inherited values. Emotional endurance, suppressed hope, and moral imbalance emerge as central ideas, presenting society as a force that quietly defines fate through habit, judgment, and silent cruelty.

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