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The Wild Ass's Skin

The Wild Ass's Skin  

Honoré de Balzac and Patrick Coleman

Published in Print: 
14 June 2012
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191923388
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199579501.001.0001
Format: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199579501
‘Who possesses me will possess all things, But his life will belong to me. . .’ Raphael de Valentin, a young aristocrat, has lost all his money in the gaming parlours of the Palais Royal in ... More
The Girl with the Golden Eyes and Other Stories

The Girl with the Golden Eyes and Other Stories  

Honoré de Balzac and Patrick Coleman

Published in Print: 
08 November 2012
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191923326
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199571284.001.0001
Format: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199571284
‘What holds sway over this country without morals, beliefs, or feelings? Gold and pleasure.’ Sexual attraction, artistic insight, and the often ironic relationship between them is the ... More
Cousin Bette

Cousin Bette  

Honoré de Balzac and David Bellos

Published in Print: 
14 August 2008
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191921865
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199553945.001.0001
Format: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199553945
Cousin Bette (1846) is considered to be Balzac's last great novel, and a key work in his Human Comedy. Set in the Paris of the 1830s and 1840s, it is a complex tale of the devastating ... More

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