Eugenie Grandet, released in late 1833 with an 1834 publication date, is a novel by Honore de Balzac about a young woman living under her wealthy but miserly father’s control in the provincial town of Saumur. Eugenie comforts her cousin Charles after he learns of his father’s bankruptcy and suicide, gives him her gold savings despite her father’s anger, and waits faithfully after he leaves to seek his fortune abroad. When Charles chooses wealth and social advancement over their promise of love, the novel reveals how greed damages family bonds and affection, leaving even a vast inheritance unable to secure happiness.