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One of the greatest French novelists, Balzac was also an 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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Monsieur De Merret: Add a description of this character.
- Hippolyte
- Desplein
- Madame De Dey
- Rosalie
- Madame De Vaudremont
- Madame De Merret
- Fougeres
- Pierre Grassou
- Horace Bianchon
- Brigitte
- Cambremer
- Eugene
- Jacques
- Pauline
- Schirmer
- Wilhelm
- Montcornet
- Monsieur Hermann
- Gorenflot
- Soulanges
- Bourgeat
- Madame De Lansac
- Virginie
- Batz
- Monsieur Regnault
- Monsieur Taillefer
- Madame La Comtesse
- Bianca
- Frederic
- Madame De Listomere
- Joseph Bridau
- Victor Marchand
- Madame De Rouville
- Walhenfer
- Beauvais
- Caroline
First Sentence edit
THE clock in the belfry of the little town of Menda had just struck midnight.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Honoré de Balzac (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 843.7
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