Honoré de Balzac

Le Centenaire ou les Deux Beringheld est un des deux derniers romans de jeunesse d'Honoré de Balzac publié en 1824 sous le pseudonyme de Horace de Saint-Aubin, bachelier ès-lettres. Il paraît quinze jours après Le Vicaire des Ardennes.

A New York Review Books Original One of Honoré de Balzac's most celebrated tales, "The Unknown Masterpiece" is the story of a painter who, depending on one's perspective, is either an abject failure or a transcendental genius—or both. The story, which has served as an inspiration to artists as various as Cézanne, …