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The Duchesse of LangeaisHonoré de Balzac The Duchesse of Langeais THE DUCHESSE OF LANGEAIS In a Spanish city on an island in the Mediterranean, there stands a convent of the Order of Barefoot Carmelites, where the rule instituted by St. Theresa is still preserved with all the first rigor of the r...

The Jealousies of a Country TownHonoré de Balzac The Jealousies of a Country Town INTRODUCTION The two stories of /Les Rivalites/ are more closely connected than it was always Balzac's habit to connect the tales which he united under a common heading. Not only are both devoted to the society of A...

Lost IllusionsHonoré de Balzac Lost Illusions PREPARER'S NOTE The trilogy known as Lost Illusions consists of:Two Poets A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Eve and David In many references parts one and three are combined under the title Lost Illusions and A Distinguished Provincial at Paris is g...

The Napoleon of the PeopleHonoré de Balzac The Napoleon of the People THE NAPOLEON OF THE PEOPLE Napoleon, you see, my friends, was born in Corsica, which is a French island warmed by the Italian sun; it is like a furnace there, everything is scorched up, and they keep on killing each other from ...

The ThirteenHonoré de Balzac The Thirteen INTRODUCTION The Histoire des Treize consists – or rather is built up – of three stories: Ferragus or the Rue Soly, La Duchesse de Langeais or Ne touchez-paz a la hache, and La Fille aux Yeux d’Or.To tell the truth, there is more power than taste througho...

FarewellHonoré de Balzac Farewell DEDICATION To Prince Friedrich von Schwarzenberg FAREWELL “Come, Deputy of the Centre, come along! We shall have to mend our pace if we mean to sit down to dinner when every one else does, and that’s a fact! Hurry up! Jump, Marquis! That’s it! Well done! You are ...

Eve and DavidHonoré de Balzac Eve and David EVE AND DAVID Lucien had gone to Paris; and David Sechard, with the courage and intelligence of the ox which painters give the Evangelist for accompanying symbol, set himself to make the large fortune for which he had wished that evening down by the Cha...

Another Study of WomanHonoré de Balzac Another Study of Woman ANOTHER STUDY OF WOMAN At Paris there are almost always two separate parties going on at every ball and rout. First, an official party, composed of the persons invited, a fashionable and much-bored circle. Each one grimaces for his nei...

The Country DoctorHonoré de Balzac The Country Doctor INTRODUCTION In hardly any of his books, with the possible exception of Eugenie Grandet, does Balzac seem to have taken a greater interest than in Le Medecin de Campagne; and the fact of this interest, together with the merit and intensity of ...

Christ in FlandersHonoré de Balzac Christ in Flanders DEDICATIONTo Marcelline Desbordes-Valmore, a daughter of Flanders, of whom these modern days may well be proud, I dedicate this quaint legend of old Flanders. DE BALZAC. CHRIST IN FLANDERS At a dimly remote period in the history of Brabant, co...