I. The Old Woman
(A Morality Play)
The Old Woman
(A Morality Play)
Characters:
The Woman
The House
The Doctor
The Deacon
The Landlady
Doctor:
There is an old woman
Who ought to die—...
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PARIS, 1828-1844.
ADDENDUM
The following personages appear in other stories of
the Human Comedy.
Aiglemont, General, Marquis Victor d’
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
T...
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The French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was the first writer to use fiction to convey the total social scene prevailing within one country at a particular period in its history. Common...
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Had Balzac been a less masterful novelist, the disreputably profligate fraud in him might have overwhelmed his artistry. Still, the other Balzac, the artist, is tainted by his well-earned reputation f...
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A Woman of Thirty
Honoré de Balzac
Honore de Balzac