"Everything is great in this famous novel, without anything moving. Eugenie is a sort of saint according to man, always faithful to the same thought, but quite natural. (...) Eugenie is the first character in this drama. of love (...) In Grandet, this rocky Grandet, there is a source of moving tenderness, when he hides to see his daughter at the toilet. (...) On the other hand, we will find in Eugenie all the stratagems heart, and a real courage to face the terrible man in the leather gloves. Everything has been said about Grandet. We have noticed less of this word queen, when Eugenie finds herself mistress of an immense fortune and besieged by intrigue. answers: "We will see that" as his father did. (...) Thus the soul of Grandet ends up being saved. Balzac plows the ground. "Alain, Propos sur Balzac.