CHAPTER I
The last word
of two great coquettes
After the disasters of the revolution of July, which
destroyed so many aristocratic fortunes dependent
on the court, Madame la Princesse de Cadignan was
...
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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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Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
Honoré de Balzac
Honore de Balzac