Selected Short Stories by Honore de Balzac

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New York. 2005. Penguin Books. Reprinted Penguin Classic Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0140443258. Translated from the French & With An Introduction and Notes by Sylvia Raphael. 278 pages. paperback. Cover: Detail from ‘Napoleon on the Night Watch,’ 1894, colour lithograph by Jacques Onfroy de Breville. keywords: Literature France Translated 19th Century. FROM THE PUBLISHER - One of the greatest French novelists, Balzac was also on accomplished writer of shorter fiction. This volume includes twelve of his finest short stories - many of which feature characters from his epic series of novels, the ComEdie humaine. Compelling tales of acute social and psychological insight, they fully demonstrate the mystery of suspense and revelation that were the hallmarks of Balzac's genius. In ‘The Atheist's Mass', we learn the true reason for a distinguished atheist surgeon's attendance at religious services; ‘La Grande Breteche' describes the horrific truth… Read More