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by Honore De Balzac; Sylvia Raphael (Translator); Introduction by Sylvia Raphael

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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 Comdie Humaine. Compelling tales of acute social and psychological insight, they fully demonstrate the mastery 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 behind the locked doors of a decaying country mansion, while The Red Inn relates a brutal tale of murder and betrayal. A fascinating counterpoint to the renowned novels, all the stories collected here stand by themselves as mesmerizing works by one of the finest writers of nineteenth-century France.

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  • Title Selected Short Stories
  • Author Honore De Balzac; Sylvia Raphael (Translator); Introduction by Sylvia Raphael
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Edition Unstated
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Group, New York, NY
  • Publication date 1977-05-26
  • ISBN 9780140443257 / 0140443258
  • Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.72 x 5.04 x 0.6 in (19.61 x 12.80 x 1.52 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Short stories, France - Social life and customs
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 77366318
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

The son of a civil servant, Honor de Balzac was born in 1799 in Tours, France. After attending boarding school in Vendme, he gravitated to Paris where he worked as a legal clerk and a hack writer, using various pseudonyms, often in collaboration with other writers. Balzac turned exclusively to fiction at the age of thirty and went on to write a large number of novels and short stories set amid turbulent nineteenth-century France. He entitled his collective works The Human Comedy. Along with Victor Hugo and Dumas pre and fils, Balzac was one of the pillars of French romantic literature. He died in 1850, shortly after his marriage to the Polish countess Evelina Hanska, his lover of eighteen years.
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