The Purse eBook

The Purse by Honoré de Balzac

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ADDENDUM

The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.

Bixiou, Jean-Jacques
  A Bachelor’s Establishment
  The Government Clerks
  Modeste Mignon
  Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life
  The Firm of Nucingen
  The Muse of the Department
  Cousin Betty
  The Member for Arcis
  Beatrix
  A Man of Business
  Gaudissart II. 
  The Unconscious Humorists
  Cousin Pons

Bridau, Joseph
  A Bachelor’s Establishment
  A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
  A Start in Life
  Modeste Mignon
  Another Study of Woman
  Pierre Grassou
  Letters of Two Brides
  Cousin Betty
  The Member for Arcis

Halga, Chevalier du
  Beatrix

Kergarouet, Comte de
  The Ball at Sceaux
  Ursule Mirouet

Molineux, Jean-Baptiste
  A Second Home
  Cesar Birotteau

Schinner, Hippolyte
  A Bachelor’s Establishment
  Pierre Grassou
  A Start in Life
  Albert Savarus
  The Government Clerks
  Modeste Mignon
  The Imaginary Mistress
  The Unconscious Humorists

Souchet, Francois
  The Imaginary Mistress
  A Daughter of Eve