Résumé
This volume includes the final part of the novel Illusions perdues ("Lost Illusions"), which is a trilogy.
The works included are Les Deux poètes ("The Two Poets"), Un grand homme de province à Paris ("A Great Provincial in Paris"), and Ève et David ("Eve and David").
The overall novel follows the poet Lucien Chardon, who leaves his provincial home in Angoulême for Paris to seek fame and fortune.
The story is an exploration of his ambitions and ultimate disillusionment as he confronts the corrupting nature of the Parisian literary and social world.