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A moneylender who calls gold the only power in the world holds a countess's diamonds and a count's fortune.
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ゴブセックの概要
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- 21,000語
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- 初版刊行年
- 1830by オノレ・ド・バルザック
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ゴブセック in short
Gobseck is the story of what money does to people, told by a man who watched it happen. Derville begins as a poor clerk, finds a teacher in an old moneylender, and builds a career from a cruel but fair loan. Along the way he watches Gobseck bring a countess, a dandy and a husband under the same cold gaze.
What ゴブセック is about
What does a young lawyer learn from the strangest neighbour in Paris? In Gobseck, a lawyer named Derville answers that question late one night in a grand salon. He wants to help a girl of seventeen who loves the wrong young man, or so her mother believes.
Honoré de Balzac wrote this novella in the 1830s as part of his huge series of linked tales about French society. It gives you an old moneylender who has made himself a machine for gathering gold, and who explains his creed with cold, bright logic. It also gives you a countess in debt, a dandy who preys on her, and a husband who decides to protect his children.
対象読者. You will love this book if you enjoy sharp character studies, stories told aloud by a clever narrator, and Paris after Napoleon. It suits anyone curious about how money, pride and family honour pull on each other.
The story in 8 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A lawyer offers a story in a salon
It is one in the morning in the winter of 1829 to 1830. In the salon of the Vicomtesse de Grandlieu, her seventeen-year-old daughter Camille stands by the fireplace, listening for the carriage of a young man who has just left. The Vicomtesse decides to speak plainly.
The young man is Count Ernest de Restaud. He is capable and kind to his brother and sister. But his mother has a bad name in Paris because she treated her own father cruelly and spends millions. The Vicomtesse says that as long as that mother lives, no good family will hand over a daughter's fortune to her son.
The family lawyer, Derville, has overheard. He says he has a story that should change her mind about Ernest. He has earned a hearing, for he won back the Grandlieu lands that the Republic had sold. He has also seen Camille blush at the young Count's name. He says his tale is the one romantic episode of his life, and it begins with a usurer.
A story told at the right hour can do what a mother's warning cannot.
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Gobseck lives like a clock and thinks like a king
Derville first met Gobseck as his neighbour in a gloomy house on the Rue des Gres, when Derville was a poor law clerk.
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One morning shows him two kinds of debtor
To prove his point, Gobseck tells Derville the story of his morning.
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A penniless clerk borrows his future
Derville soon became a licentiate in law, and then head clerk.
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Diamonds, pistols, and a husband who decides
About a year later, Derville meets Maxime de Trailles, a dandy who spends a hundred thousand francs a year and owns nothing.
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Gold gives power and takes everything else
Gobseck's main idea is that money is the one real power.
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Pity, honesty and the two men inside Gobseck
Derville tells the count that there are two men in Gobseck.
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A tale within a tale, told by a witness
Gobseck is built as a story inside a story.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Gobseck Gobseck is an old Paris moneylender who lives by strict routines and seeks the power he believes only gold can give.
- Derville A young lawyer who borrows from Gobseck to buy his practice, and who later tells the whole tale in a salon.
- Countess Anastasie de Restaud A beautiful, extravagant wife who falls into debt for the sake of her lover and tries to protect her position.
- Count de Restaud Her husband, a gentle man who moves his fortune into Gobseck's hands to protect his children.
- Maxime de Trailles A charming, penniless dandy who lives off the women who love him and owes Gobseck money.
- Fanny Malvaut A hardworking seamstress whose honest life makes a contrast with the countess, and who later becomes Derville's wife.
- Camille de Grandlieu A seventeen-year-old girl who loves young Count Ernest de Restaud and listens to Derville's tale.
- Ernest de Restaud The count's eldest son, a devoted boy who loves his father and hopes one day to marry Camille.
How it ends (spoiler)
Derville finishes his tale by describing Gobseck's hoarded wealth and explaining Ernest de Restaud's prospects. Gobseck then declares himself the rightful owner of the property. Later, Gobseck dies with Derville and his two caretakers present, having named Derville his executor. Derville says that Ernest will soon inherit enough to marry Camille.
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『ゴブセック』についての質問
What is Gobseck about?
It follows a lawyer named Derville who tells a Paris salon about the old moneylender Gobseck. The story shows how debt, vanity and greed shape the life of a countess, her husband and a young clerk.
Who is Gobseck in the story?
Gobseck is an elderly moneylender of Dutch and Jewish parentage who lives in a bare room in Paris. He believes gold is the only real power, yet he is loyal to the few people who deal honestly with him.
Who tells the story of Gobseck?
The lawyer Derville tells it to the Vicomtesse de Grandlieu, her daughter Camille and her brother. He uses his own past as the clerk who borrowed money from Gobseck, so the tale carries a close eyewitness voice.
When was Gobseck written?
The edition dedicated to Baron Barchou de Penhoen bears the date 1840, while Balzac wrote the novella in the early 1830s for his series The Human Comedy. It is fiction set in Restoration Paris, with real social detail.
Is Gobseck easy to read?
Yes in its pace and length. It is short, told in a lively spoken voice, and built from vivid scenes such as the diamond sale and the pistols, so a listener can follow each step easily.
この版を引用します
Balzac, Honoré de. Gobseck. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/gobseck.
Balzac, H. de. (2026). Gobseck. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/gobseck (Original work published 1830)
Balzac, Honoré de. Gobseck. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/gobseck.
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author = {Balzac, Honoré de},
title = {Gobseck},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/gobseck},
note = {First published 1830}
}
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