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Literary fiction, Sarrasine by Honoré de Balzac is a novella that interrogates gender, desire, and illusion through a tale of obsession and mistaken identity. Set in Rome and framed as a story within a story, it recounts the tragic infatuation of a sculptor for a mysterious opera singer. Balzac blends romantic intrigue with philosophical reflection, using the protagonist’s discovery to challenge conventions of masculinity, femininity, and artistic idealization. Structured with narrative framing and dramatic reversal, the text is a key example of Balzacian realism enriched by symbolic and psychological depth.