The French word 'rastignac' that describes an ambitious social climber is from the name of a character in the La Comédie humaine series of novels by which author?
La Fausse Maîtresse Adam. It is not quite clear whether Adam had had an affair with Malaga which Paz had to keep quiet. La Fausse Maîtresse La Fausse Maîtresse is an 1843 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) and included in his series of novels (or "Roman-fleuve") known as "La Comédie humaine" ("The Human Comedy") which parodies and depicts French society in the period of the Restoration and the July Monarchy (1815-1848). The plot is subtle and complex, and the true explanation is carefully hidden until the end of the book. Clementine is a descendent of rich and noble
Eugène de Rastignac Eugène de Rastignac Eugène de Rastignac is a fictional character from "La Comédie humaine", a series of novels by Honoré de Balzac. He appears as a main character in "Le Père Goriot" (1835), and his social advancement in the post-revolutionary French world depicted by Balzac can be followed through Rastignac's various appearances in other books of the series. Rastignac is initially portrayed as an ambitious young man of noble, albeit poor, extraction who is at times both envious of and naive about high society. Although he is ready to do anything to achieve his goals, he spurns the advice of