COUSIN BETTY
One day, about the middle of July 1838, one of the
carriages, then lately introduced to Paris cabstands,
and known as Milords, was driving down the
Rue de l’Universite, conveying a ...
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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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Cousin Betty
Honoré de Balzac
Honore de Balzac