The Elixir of Life
Author:
Honore de Balzac (28)
Category:
Prose (118)
Short story (501)
French literature (10)
Age Recommendation: 13+
Honoré de Balzac’s The Elixir of Life explores humanity’s obsession with immortality and the tragic tension between father and son. The tale interrogates philosophical questions of death’s inevitability, the limits of science, and the destructive nature of human greed.