Facino Cane (novel)
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Facino Cane is an 1836 novel by French
author Honoré de Balzac
(1799-1850) and included in the Scènes de la vie parisienne section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine
. It first appeared in the Chronique de Paris on March 17, 1836 and in 1837 was classified by Balzac as a Philosophical Study (Étude philosophique). In 1843, it appeared with Balzac's novel Albert Savarus
. In 1844, it became part of Balzac’s La Comédie humaine.
The novel concerns a blind old man named Marco-Facino Cane, called "Father Canet", who claims to be a descendant of the 14th century condottiere of the same name
. Father Canet is a pensioner
in the Hôpital des Quinze-Vingts and a clarionet-player.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
author Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon....
(1799-1850) and included in the Scènes de la vie parisienne section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine
La Comédie humaine
La Comédie humaine is the title of Honoré de Balzac's multi-volume collection of interlinked novels and stories depicting French society in the period of the Restoration and the July Monarchy .-Overview:...
. It first appeared in the Chronique de Paris on March 17, 1836 and in 1837 was classified by Balzac as a Philosophical Study (Étude philosophique). In 1843, it appeared with Balzac's novel Albert Savarus
Albert Savarus
Albert Savarus is an 1836 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac and included in his series of novels known as La Comédie humaine which parodies and depicts French society in the period of the Restoration and the July Monarchy .-Plot summary:Rosalie is the only daughter of the...
. In 1844, it became part of Balzac’s La Comédie humaine.
The novel concerns a blind old man named Marco-Facino Cane, called "Father Canet", who claims to be a descendant of the 14th century condottiere of the same name
Facino Cane
thumb|Facino Cane.Facino Cane da Casale , born Bonifacio Cane, was an Italian condottiero.-Biography:Cane was born in Casale Monferrato to a noble family....
. Father Canet is a pensioner
Pensioner
In common parlance, a pensioner is a person who has retired, and now collects a pension. This is a term typically used in the United Kingdom and Australia where someone of pensionable age may also be referred to as an 'old age pensioner', or OAP. In the United States, the term retiree is more...
in the Hôpital des Quinze-Vingts and a clarionet-player.