The Black Sheep

The 1842 novel The Black Sheep by Honore de Balzac is perhaps one of the greatest novels of all time. The story of the Bridau family trying to regain their lost inheritance comes alive with vividly portrayed characters. The two children of Agathe Bridau could not be farther apart Philippe the elder becomes a soldier in Napoleon's army as his brother Joseph sets of on a life as an artist. With Balzac's unfiltered presentation of society and his realistic writing you experience the brothers through all their trials and discover who really is the black sheep of the family.