In 1842, eight years before his death, Balzac described Ursule Mirouet as the masterpiece of all the studies of human society that he had written; he regarded the book as \"a remarkable tour de force\"....

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....

Handsome would-be poet Lucien Chardon is poor and naive, but highly ambitious. Failing to make his name in his dull provincial hometown, he is taken up by a patroness, the captivating married woman Madame de Bargeton, and prepares to forge his way in the glamorous beau monde of Paris....

A gripping tale of violent jealousy, sexual passion and treachery, Honore de Balzac\"s Cousin Bette is translated from the French with an introduction by Marion Ayton Crawford in Penguin Classics....

Depicting the fatal clash between material desires and the liberating power of human passions, Honore de Balzac\"s Eugenie Grandet is translated with an introduction by M.A. Crawford in Penguin Classics....

Monsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe Vauquer\"s dingy Parisian boarding house. At first his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are mysteriously reduced he becomes shunned by those around him, and soon his only remaining visitors are his two beautifully dressed daughters....

Passionate and perceptive, the three short novels that make up Balzac\"s History of the Thirteen are concerned in part with the activities of a rich, powerful, sinister and unscrupulous secret society in nineteenth-century France....

An old man arrives at the offices of the lawyer Derville, claiming to be Colonel Chabert, a hero of the Napoleonic Wars who was left for dead on the battlefield, but in fact managed to survive under a pile of corpses before spending years as a recovering amnesiac....

Серия книг \\\"Зарубежная классика - читай в оригинале\\\" - это бессмертные произведения великих мастеров пера, написанные ими на их родном языке и наречии. Книги из этой серии помогут читателю углубленно изучать иностранные языки, обогатят его внутренний мир и по-новому откроют произведения известных классиков....

«Adolphe, le plus fin des deux freres, un vrai loup-cervier, jeta sur Birotteau un regard qu\"il faut appeler le regard du banquier, et qui tient de celui des vautours et des avoues... - Veuillez m\"envoyer les actes sur lesquels repose l\"affaire de la Madeleine, dit-il......

Les morts ne devraient jamais resurgir du neant. Apres avoir aide Napoleon a conquerir l\"Egypte et l\"Europe, le colonel Chabert est porte disparu a la bataille d\"Eylau, enseveli sous la neige et un monceau de cadavres. Dix ans plus tard, ce revenant n\"est plus qu\"un miserable fantome, un dechu de la societe....

Dix ans après sa disparition lors de la bataille d\"Eylau, le colonel Chabert revient en France pour retrouver sa femme qu\"il aime encore. Cette dernière, le croyant mort, a hérité de sa fortune et......

Dans le Paris de la Restauration, une société secrète tisse ses complots dans l\"ombre. Filatures, enlèvements, vengeance: l\"envers de l\"histoire contemporaine dépeinte par ces trois......

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