Lost Illusions

Illusions perdues is the name of two separate novels written by the French writer Honoré de Balzac, one in 1837 and one in 1839.

The first volume contains two stories, Les Deux poètes (The Two Poets) and Un Grand homme de province à Paris, 1re partie (A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, Part 1). The second volume contains two more stories, Un Grand homme de province, 2e partie (A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, Part 2) and Ève et David (Eve and David).

The success of the work inspired de Balzac to pen a sequel, Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes.

— Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.