Le Curé de village

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Le Curé de village
Illustration from an 1897 edition by Daniel Hernández
Author	Honoré de Balzac
Language	French
Series	La Comédie humaine
Publisher	Hippolyte Souverain
Publication date	1841
Publication place	France
Preceded by	Le Médecin de campagne
Followed by	Le Lys dans la vallée

Le Curé de village (The Village Priest) is a novel by Honoré de Balzac. It first appeared in La Presse in 1839. Frequently revised, the edited text was published as a separate volume in 1841. It covers themes that Balzac had already developed in le Médecin de campagne - improvements to living conditions in rural areas and redemption through self-sacrifice. It was first conceived as a detective novel and includes a mysterious death, with the attitude of its main character Véronique Graslin remaining mysterious until the end of the book.

v t e La Comédie humaine by Honoré de Balzac
List of titles
Scènes de la vie privée	La Maison du chat-qui-pelote Le Bal de Sceaux La Bourse La Vendetta Madame Firmiani Une double famille La Paix du ménage La Fausse Maîtresse Étude de femme Autre étude de femme La Grande Bretèche Albert Savarus Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées Une fille d'Eve La Femme de trente ans La Femme abandonnée La Grenadière Le Message Gobseck Le Contrat de mariage Un début dans la vie Modeste Mignon Béatrix Honorine Le Colonel Chabert La Messe de l'athée L'Interdiction Pierre Grassou
Scènes de la vie de province	Ursule Mirouët Eugénie Grandet Pierrette Le Curé de Tours La Rabouilleuse L'illustre Gaudissart La Muse du département La Vieille Fille Le Cabinet des Antiques Le Lys dans la vallée Illusions perdues
Scènes de la vie Parisienne	Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes Un prince de la bohème Un homme d’affaires Gaudissart II Les Comédiens sans le savoir Ferragus La Duchesse de Langeais La Fille aux yeux d'or Le Père Goriot César Birotteau La Maison Nucingen Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan Les Employés Sarrasine Facino Cane La Cousine Bette Le Cousin Pons Les Petits Bourgeois
Scènes de la vie politique	Une ténébreuse affaire Un épisode sous la Terreur Madame de la Chanterie L'Initié Z. Marcas Le Député d'Arcis
Scènes de la vie militaire	Les Chouans Une passion dans le désert
Scènes de la vie de campagne	Le Médecin de campagne Le Curé de village Les Paysans
Études philosophiques	La Peau de chagrin La Recherche de l'absolu Jésus-Christ en Flandre Melmoth réconcilié Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu L'Enfant maudit Gambara Massimilla Doni Les Marana Adieu Le Réquisitionnaire El Verdugo Un drame au bord de la mer L'Auberge rouge L'Elixir de longue vie Maître Cornélius Sur Catherine de Médicis Louis Lambert Les Proscrits Séraphîta
Études analytiques	La Physiologie du mariage Petites misères de la vie conjugale
Related	Eugène de Rastignac Vautrin
Related works by others	Fernand Lotte: Armorial de la Comédie Humaine

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