Books written by Honoré de Balzac
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The Unknown Masterpiece
A New York Review Books Original One of Honoré de Balzac's most celebrated tales, "The Unknown Masterpiece" is the story of a painter who, depending on one's perspective, is either an abject failure or a transcendental genius—or both.
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The Unknown Masterpiece
A New York Review Books Original One of Honore de Balzac's most celebrated tales, "The Unknown Masterpiece" is the story of a painter who, depending on one's perspective, is either...
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The Unknown Masterpiece: Le Chef-d'oeuvre Inconnu
He is accompanied by the old master Frenhofer who comments expertly on the large tableau that Porbus has just finished. The painting is of Mary of Egypt, and while Frenhofer sings her praises, he hints that the work seems unfinished.
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The Unknown Masterpiece: Le Chef-d'oeuvre Inconnu
He is accompanied by the old master Frenhofer who comments expertly on the large tableau that Porbus has just finished. The painting is of Mary of Egypt, and while Frenhofer sings her praises, he hints that the work seems unfinished.
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The Unknown Masterpiece
Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu is a short story by Honor de Balzac.
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The Unknown Masterpiece and Other Works
Included in this volume are "The Unknown Masterpiece, ' "The Maranas," "A Seashore Drama," "The Red Inn," and "Master Cornelius.
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Gillette, Or, The Unknown Masterpiece
Fiction. Short Story. Translated from the French by Anthony Rudolph. GILLETTE OR THE UNKNOWN MASTERIECE is one of Balzac's most brilliant and fascinating works, and one of the great short...
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The Unknown Masterpiece: Large Print
"Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
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The Marriage Contract
"Part of the Human Comedy novel sequence, The Marriage Contract about a wealthy bachelor who decides to get married"--Provided by publisher.
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Le Bal de Sceaux
Emilie de Fontaine est une jeune fille de la noblesse que sa famille souhaiterait bien voir mariée. Malheureusement, elle a une si haute idée d'elle-même, et donc de l'homme qui...
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Vanina Vanini - Nantas - La Vendetta - Texte intégral
L'ambition rassasiée du pouvoir ne saura pourtant contenter le plus grand désir de Nantas... Ginevra di Pimbo, fille d'un baron corse établi à Paris et ami fidèle de Bonaparte, se prend d'affection pour un officier italien éxilé.
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Illusions perdues (édition enrichie)
Edition enrichie de Jacques Noiray comportant les préfaces de Balzac, une introduction à l'oeuvre et un dossier sur le roman. Illusions perdues raconte le destin de deux amis, l'imprimeur David Séchard et le poète Lucien de Rubempré.
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Illusions perdues
Illusions perdues intimide d'abord par ses proportions, par l'importance aussi que lui attribuait Balzac lui-même au sein de la Comédie humaine : ce roman, écrit-il, est " l'oeuvre capitale dans...
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Sarrasine: Gambara [u.a.]. Honoré de Balzac. Éd. présentée, établie et annot. par Pierre Brunel
Trois nouvelles musicales de Balzac témoignent de ce qui fut l'une de ses ambitions - faire du Hoffmann à la française, au moment de la plus grande vogue dans notre...
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Sarrasine / Gambara / Massimilla Doni (édition enrichie)
Nouvelle édition en 2007 Nouvelle édition.
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Ferragus: La fille aux yeux d'or
Dans une rue de Paris, sombre et populaire, Auguste de Maulincour, officier de cavalerie, aperçoit de loin une ombre, dont il est passionnément mais platoniquement amoureux, Clémence Desmarets, femme mariée...
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Le cousin Pons
Roman noir où se déploient dans leur hideur un univers cruel, une jungle hantée par des fauves inquiétants, Le Cousin Pons nous présente un monde criminel du salon à la loge de concierge."
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The Wild Ass's Skin
The Wild Ass's Skin
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Folk-Tales of Napoleon
capture the Indies, in payment for his lost fleet. He was just going to take us across the Red Sea into Asia—a country where there were lots of diamonds, plenty of gold with which to pay his soldiers, and palaces that could be used for ...
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The Ball at Sceaux by Honoré de Balzac - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
Honoré de Balzac Delphi Classics. HONORÉ. DE. BALZAC. IN 116 VOLUMES Parts Edition Contents Scenes from Private Life 1, At the Sign of the Cat and Racket 2, The Ball at Sceaux 3, Letters of Two Brides 4, The Purse 5, Modeste Mignon 6, ...