Who is the husband who can now sleep quietly beside his young and pretty consort, after learning that at least three bachelors are on the lookout to rob ...

Gobseck began as a cabin boy and worked his way up while traveling around the world. He became rich and a miser. His philosophy of never helping anyone ...

But he is here, to a certain extent competing with Sue on the latter's own ground. The notion of the "Devorants" -- of a secret society of men devoted ...

Ursula was written in 1842 and is part of Scenes from Provincial Life, which is a part of the larger work The Comedy Human. The story depicts the struggle ...

Four essential stories from the authentic pen of the age of Revolution, Consulate and Empire Honore de Balzac was quite literally a child of the Napoleonic ...

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Set in mid-19th century Paris, this novel tells the story of an unmarried middle-aged woman who plots the destruction of her extended family. Bette works ...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are ...

Honora de Balzac is considered the founder of social realism. Balzac was the first writer to write about the all social levels of the social scene in ...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia ...