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In this 1847 novel, often seen as a companion piece to Balzac’s Cousin Bette, Sylvain Pons is a musician who despite modest means has amassed a valuable collection of art. Only after a wealthy cousin banishes him as her guest does she learn of the collection—and becomes one of many who would like to get their thieving hands on it.

In this 1831 novel, a young man finds a piece of magical rawhide and begins making wishes. However, with each wish that is granted, the skin shrinks, and the man becomes feebler. A warning against greed, the novel established Balzac’s literary reputation.  Upon publication, it sold out instantly.

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Maitre Cornelius" is Balzac's famous love story. Set in the fifteenth century this is a tale of a married woman whose lover apprentices himself to a silversmith just to be nearer to her. In this Novella King Louis XI. of France plays a key role; while helping his close friend Cornelius he unravels a preposterous plot.

A sensational novel by Balzac about sentiments and emotions of a girl called Juana. He has portrayed the realistic elements of flagrantly romantic qualities and violent passion in a very stunning way. Captivating!

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In Paris, where men of thought and study bear a certain likeness to one another, living as they do in a common centre, you must have met with several resembling Monsieur Rabourdin, whose acquaintance we are about to make at a moment when he is head of a bureau in one of our most important ministries....

Con la realizzazione di Eugenie Grandet e poi successivamente con Papà Goriot, Balzac concepì l’idea della ‘Commedia umana’, ossia di fondere tutti i suoi romanzi in un’opera unica, facendo riapparire gli stessi personaggi in nuove vicende e organizzando il lavoro narrativo diviso in racconti...

Monumental Wirkungsvoller Roman vom Aufstieg und Niedergang des ehrbaren und kaufmännisch sauberen Parfümhändlers und -fabrikaten, stellvertretenden Bürgermeisters im 2. Pariser Bezirk und Ritters der Ehrenlegion: Birotteau, der ehemals mittellose Bauernjunge, der als Waise in die Hauptstadt gekommen...

Dreißig kurzweilige Geschichten über den Hochadel der französische Gesellschaft vom berühmten französischen Romancier. Balzac enthüllt Lust und Leidenschaft, Laster und Leiden und auf brillanter Art das gesamte Spektrum der Skandale und der Verdorbenheit. Dabei klagt er auch die Scheinmoral...

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In a Spanish city on an island in the Mediterranean, there stands a convent of the Order of Barefoot Carmelites, where the rule instituted by St. Theresa is still preserved with all the first rigor of the reformation brought about by that illustrious woman. Extraordinary as this may seem, it...