| Selling the Story: Transaction and Narrative Value in Balzac, Dostoevsky, and Zola Subjects: Authorship -- Marketing -- History -- 19th century; Balzac Honoré de 1799–1850 -- Criticism and interpretation; Zola Émile 1840–1902 -- Criticism and interpretation; Economics and literature -- History -- 19th century; Serialized fiction -- History an; A literary scholar and investment banker applies economic criticism to canonical novels, dramatically changing the way we read these classics and proposing a new model for how economics can inform literary analysis. |