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Description edit
To tell the truth, there is more power than taste throughout the Histoire des Treize, and perhaps not very much less unreality than power. Balzac is very much better than Eugene Sue, though Eugene Sue also is better than it is the fashion to think him just now. But he is here, to a certain... read more
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First Sentence edit
Certain streets in Paris are as degraded as a man covered with infamy; also, there are noble streets, streets simply respectable, young streets on the morality of which the public has not yet formed an opinion; also cut-throat streets, streets older than the age of the oldest dowagers, estimable streets, streets always clean, streets always dirty, working, laboring, and mercantile streets.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in The Thirteen. (standard series)
This is book 10 of 22 in Comedie Humaine: Scenes from Parisian Life. (standard series)
Preceded by The Thirteen, and followed by The Duchesse de Langeais.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Honoré de Balzac (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Dodo Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 1406506419
Page Count: 132
Publisher: Dodo Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 1406506419
Page Count: 132
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- Dewey: 848'.7
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