The Girl with the Golden Eyes: Histoire Des Treize: La Fille Aux Yeux D'Or

The Girl with the Golden Eyes: Histoire Des Treize: La Fille Aux Yeux D'Or
ISBN-10
1981633057
ISBN-13
9781981633050
Series
The Girl with the Golden Eyes
Pages
50
Language
English
Published
2017-12-11
Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Author
Honoré de Balzac

Description

The story follows the decadent heir Henri de Marsay, who becomes enamored of the eponymous beauty, Paquita Valdes, and plots to seduce her. He succeeds but becomes disillusioned when he discovers she is also involved with another lover and so plots to murder her. When he arrives to kill her, he discovers that she is already dead by the hand of her lover, his half-sister. She declares that Paquita came from a land where women are no more than chattels, able to be bought and used in any way. In the last lines of the story, de Marsay tells a friend that the girl has died of "something to do with the heart."

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