Illusions perdues

Illusions perdues (English: Lost Illusions) is a trilogy of novels written by Honoré de Balzac. It is included in Scènes de la vie de province in Études de mœurs of La Comédie humaine. • Les Deux Poètes (The Two Poets, 1837) • Un grand homme de province à Paris (A Great Provincial in Paris, 1839) • Les Souffrances de l'inventeur (The Inventor's Sufferings, 1843); originally published as Ève et David (Eve and David)