This engrossing story takes us to a Spanish city in the wake of the French Revolution. The drama unfolds as the central character, Duchess de Langeais, seeks refuge in a convent. Balzac reveals the vain pretensions of the aristocrats with his signature wit and subtlety. Riveting!
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About the Author:
Honore de Balzac was a French novelist. He would become one of the creators of Realism in literature. His “Human Comedy” spanned more than 90 novels and short stories in an attempt to comprehend and depict the realities of life in modern bourgeois France.
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- PublisherRead How You Want
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1425002005
- ISBN 13 9781425002008
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages200
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