Ferragus: Chief of the Dévorants - Softcover

De Balzac, Honoré

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1545105464 ISBN 13: 9781545105467

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

This novel is set around the year 1820. Auguste de Maulincour, a young cavalry officer, walking in a Parisian district of ill repute, sees from afar a young married woman, Clemence, with whom he is secretly in love. He sees her enter a house of ill repute. The young married woman is widely recognized in Parisian society as a paragon of marital virtue—what is her secret? Auguste decides to spy on the woman to find out. He finds her in the company of a man named Ferragus. In the days that follow, Auguste uncovers the secrets of powerful and mysterious people and escapes several assassination attempts. Subsequently, Auguste is killed, but before he dies, he reveals Clemence’s secret to her husband, Jules Desmarets, a very rich stockbroker. Ferragus is none other than Clemence’s father.

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About the Author

Honoré de Balzac (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1545105464
• ISBN 13: 9781545105467
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120