Sarrasine
Sarrasine is a novella written by Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1830, and is part of his Comédie Humaine.
Introduction
Balzac, who began writing in 1819 while living alone in the rue Lesdiguières, undertook the composition of Sarrasine in 1830. Although he had steadily produced work for over a decade (without commercial success), Sarrasine was among his earliest publications to appear without a pseudonym.
During the period in which the novella was written, Balzac was involved in many salons, including that of Madame Recamier. Around the time in which Sarrasine was published, Balzac experienced great success with another work, La Peau de Chagrin (1831). As his career began to take off and his publications began to accumulate, Balzac developed increasingly lavish living habits and frequently made impulsive purchases (such as new furniture for his apartment and a hooded white cashmere gown designed to be worn by a monk, which he wore at night while writing), likely to distance himself from his family’s prior debt, which had resulted from his business as an editor and printer’s liquidation.
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Don't Say
by: Sierra SwanI'm twenty-one, barely twenty-two
And why do I feel like I've paid all my dues?
I've never tried heroin, I've never done time
So why do I feel like I've committed the crimes?
And he got me drunk
And laid me down
He treated me like a servant
Me into the ground
And now I'm scared straight
Can't a procreate
I just can say I never
Should have shaved
Hey, don't say "Everything's fine"
When your life is like a clear blue glass of water
Hey, don't say that everyone's kind
When you say you love her and then you're a goner
So now I'm fine
Thank God, for your time
I can lay in my bed
And waste a different part of my mind
I made a promise
I looked up to the sky
And repeated positivity's
To all mankind
So now I'm straight
I can procreate
But I just can't say
I never got laid
Hey, don't say "Everything's fine"
When your life is like a clear blue glass of water
Hey, don't say that everyone's kind
When you say you love her and then you're a goner
Hey, don't say "Everything's fine"
When your life is like a clear blue glass of water
Hey, don't say that everyone's kind
When you say you love her and then you're a goner
And these are the days I'd like to forget
I go out every night and regret
Everything and everyone I've done
Hey, don't say "Everything's fine"
When your life is like a clear blue glass of water
Hey, don't say that everyone's kind
When you say you love her and then you're a goner
Hey, don't say "Everything's fine"
When your life is like a clear blue glass of water
Hey, don't say that everyone's kind
When you say you love her and then you're a goner
Hey, don't say "Everything's fine"
When your life is like a clear blue glass of water
Hey, don't say that everyone's kind
When you say you love her and then you're a goner