Grumpy old bookman on Lost Illusions

Grumpy Old Bookman gives you an idea of what Balzac's Lost Illusions is all about: stripping the fanciful mask off the face of literary publishing and journalism. No matter whether it's 19th, 20th, or 21st century, print always has been a money grabbing business. Art and commercialism make awkward bedfellows. You want to be a poet? An artiste? Better start a website and write to please yourself.