E. S. Dallaire's 'Metaphor & Reality'

In this episode of 'Metaphor & Reality', writer E. S. Dallaire describes how Honoré de Balzac's 'Lost Illusions', and particularly one of its characters, Étienne Lousteau, calls into question a young artist's ambitions and dreams of celebrity and glory and wealth.   E. S. Dallaire's Substack: https://esdallaire.substack.com/   If you enjoyed this episode, please be sure to Share, Subscribe, Comment, Rate, etc.! That would be much appreciated!