# Historical Transition in The Jealousies of a Country Town

> Theme guide for The Jealousies of a Country Town by Honoré de Balzac.

The narrative is steeped in the aftermath of the French Revolution and the Restoration, examining how old aristocratic values clash with new bourgeois and republican ideals.

## Where it surfaces

- [The Collection of Antiquities](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jealousies_of_a_country_town_se/chapters/the-collection-of-antiquities): The shift from feudal aristocracy to a modern bourgeois society is embodied in Victurnien's marriage to a commoner and the Marquis's final words, 'The Gaul has conquered!'

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