Four recurring journalists in this series discuss the title bank’s insider trading in the story “The House of Nucingen (“NOO-san-ZHAHN”).” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this series that includes many short stories categorized as “Scenes of Parisian Life,” as well as the 1835 novel Père Goriot (“pair GOH-ree-oh”).
ANSWER: The Human Comedy [or La Comédie humaine]
[10e] This hyperproductive 19th-century French author was supposedly fueled by 50 cups of coffee a day while writing the many short stories in his Human Comedy.
ANSWER: Honoré de Balzac (“on-aw-RAY duh BOLL-zack”)
[10h] The journalists in Balzac’s story “The House of Nucingen” discuss the source of this social-climbing character’s wealth. He first appears in the Human Comedy as an ambitious law student.
ANSWER: Eugène de Rastignac (“yoo-ZHEHN duh RASS-tin-YAK”) [accept either underlined]
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