The Vicar Of Tours

The Vicar of Tours is a novel written by the French author Honore de Balzac. It tells the story of the life of the Vicar of Tours, a man named Jean Francois Birotteau, who is a well-respected member of the clergy in the city of Tours. The novel is set in the early 19th century and explores themes of love, ambition, and the corrupting influence of power.Birotteau is a simple man who is content with his life as a priest. However, he is ambitious and desires to rise in the ranks of the church. He becomes friends with a wealthy and influential woman named Madame de Listomere, who introduces him to the upper echelons of society. Birotteau becomes enamored with the luxurious lifestyle of the aristocracy and begins to spend beyond his means.As Birotteau climbs the social ladder, he becomes more and more corrupt. He engages in financial schemes and embezzles money from the church to fund his lavish lifestyle. Eventually, his crimes are discovered and he is forced to flee from Tours.The novel is a commentary on the corrupting influence of power and the dangers of ambition. It is also a portrait of French society in the early 19th century, with its rigid class structure and emphasis on wealth and status. The Vicar of Tours is a classic work of French literature and a masterpiece of realism.The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.