Surville

Madame Surville attributes the fiasco to the professional jealousy of competitors, who discouraged the public from buying; but the cause of the discomfiture lay rather in the faulty manner in which the partners carried out their plan.

Balzac 2003

She had great imagination, adds Madame Surville; and, says the novelist, “this imagination, which she has bequeathed me, bandies her ever from north to south and from south to north.”

Balzac 2003

[14] Madame Surville wrongly places the date of the journey in 1833.

Balzac 2003

Madame Surville has described Balzac's mother, and her own, as being rich, beautiful, and much younger than her husband, and as having a rare vivacity of mind and of imagination, an untiring activity, a great firmness of decision, and an unbounded devotion to her family; but as expressing herself in actions rather than in words.

Women in the Life of Balzac Juanita Helm Floyd

Finally, when M.dame Surville speaks of her parents 'not giving Balzac the fifteen hundred francs he desired, M. Fessart confirms this, saying that his family always refused him money.

Women in the Life of Balzac Juanita Helm Floyd

Madame Surville had at least one of her mother's traits -- that of continually harassing Balzac by trying to marry him to some rich woman; once she had even chosen for him the goddaughter of

Women in the Life of Balzac Juanita Helm Floyd

Madame Surville found superb, but which Madame Hanska discouraged because she did not like the plot.

Women in the Life of Balzac Juanita Helm Floyd

Madame Surville, persuaded Madame de Balzac to save her son from the disgrace of bankruptcy by lending him 37,000 francs.

Women in the Life of Balzac Juanita Helm Floyd

Keep your house; I had already sent an answer to Laura, I will not let either you or Surville bear the burden of my affairs.

Women in the Life of Balzac Juanita Helm Floyd

Madame Surville performed many duties for her brother but was not always skilful in allaying the demands of his creditors.

Women in the Life of Balzac Juanita Helm Floyd