History of the Thirteen

Name: History of the Thirteen
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ISBN: 9780140443011

ISBN-10: 0140443010

ISBN-13: 9780140443011

Edition: 1974

Authors: Honore De Balzac, Herbert J. Hunt, Honoré de Balzac

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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. While the deeds of Ã¢â‚¬~The Thirteen' remain frequently in the background, however, the individual novels are concerned with exploring various forms of desire. A tragic love story, Ferragus depicts a marriage destroyed by suspicion, revelation and misunderstanding. The Duchess de Langeais explores the anguish that results when a society coquette tries to seduce a heroic ex-soldier, while The Girl with the Golden Eyes offers a frank consideration of desire and…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 1974
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/30/1975
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.80" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English