dying gesture, in the convulsive clutch of his claw-like hands. The pillow had been flung to the fl...
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" 'There are ten of us in Paris, silent, unknown kings, the arbiters of your destinies. What is lif...
his coffees. There had been a dispute over each article, the first indication in Gobseck of the chi...
will give me your advice without charging fees as long as I live, will you not?' " 'So be it; so l...
turned his dull eyes upon Eugene, looked at him attentively, and did not recognize him. It was more...
manufacturer, there M. Fritot is first; but as a salesman. He discovered the 'Selim shawl,' AN ABSO...
to a proper close. If you but knew how much they made of me just after they were married. (Oh! this...
Gobseck by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage DEDICATION To M. le Baron Barchou de Pe...
left alone upon our deathbeds, and they are not with us then. They ought to pass a law for dying fa...
"Here, madame" he said in disgust, "let us square accounts. M. Goriot will not stay much longer in ...
humbled yesterday when I had not the twelve thousand francs, that I would have given the rest of my...
The Secrets of a Princess A Man of Business Cousin Betty The Muse of the Department The Unconsci...
men bedizened with decorations, stars, and ribbons, men who bore the most illustrious names in Fran...
Gaudissart II by Honore de Balzac Translated by Clara Bell and others DEDICATION To Madame la Pr...
to me, and I have helped her so often, and always had money for her when she had none.--But never m...