assume the leadership of the liberal party in Alencon. After such a marriage he would, of course, r...
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the love of a young man of twenty-three for an old maid of forty. And yet his passion was real; wha...
in the upper and more decent regions of gallantry. At an epoch when, as Monsieur de Valois said, Wo...
calm and monotonously regular in this old edifice? It contained a library; but that was placed belo...
Adieu by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATION To Prince Frederi...
singular house. Do you see those window-frames painted red, and the red lines on the doors and shut...
"You see," said the tall old man, as they entered, "the ravages committed by that dear creature, to...
"Pistols, yes," replied the grenadier. "But as for that horse-cloth, no! here's a poor fellow afoot...
"My God! to lose the woman I have saved a dozen times!" The major shook the countess. "Stephanie! ...
word a little oftener. Still, the grenadier knew how to amuse her and play with her; my hope was in...
balls. "Then you do not know," said the doctor, coldly, concealing his terror, "that in her sleep ...
society talked in various ways over this extraordinary event, and each person looked for the cause ...
An Episode Under the Terror by Honore de Balzac Translated by Clara Bell and others AN EPISODE UN...
clumsily built staircase, with a rope by way of a hand-rail. At the door of the lodging in the atti...
are many at every step. Live in your mother's home, in the garret; go straight to the law-school; f...