Etext prepared by Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com and John Bickers, jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz The Muse of the Department by Honore de Balzac Translated by James Waring DEDICATION To Monsieur le Comte Ferdinand de Gramont. MY DEAR FERDINAND,–If the chances of the world of literature– /habent sua fata libelli/–should allow these lines to be an enduring record, that will still
The Message by Honore’ de Balzac
Typed and first proof by Dagny. dagnyj@hotmail.com THE MESSAGE BY HONORE` DE BALZAC Translated By Ellen Marriage To M. le Marquis Damaso Pareto I have always longed to tell a simple and true story, which should strike terror into two young lovers, and drive them to take refuge each in the other’s heart, as two
The Marriage Contract by Honore de Balzac
Etext prepared by John Bickers, jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz and Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT by HONORE DE BALZAC Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATION To Rossini. THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT CHAPTER I PRO AND CON Monsieur de Manerville, the father, was a worthy Norman gentleman, well known to the Marechael de Richelieu, who married him to one of
The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac
Etext prepared by Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com and Bonnie Sala THE MAGIC SKIN by HONORE DE BALZAC Translator Ellen Marriage To Monsieur Savary, Member of Le Academie des Sciences. STERNE–Tristram Shandy, ch. cccxxii. I THE TALISMAN Towards the end of the month of October 1829 a young man entered the Palais-Royal just as the gaming-houses opened, agreeably
The Lily of the Valley by Honore de Balzac
Etext prepared by John Bickers, jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz and Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com THE LILY OF THE VALLEY by HONORE DE BALZAC Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATION To Monsieur J. B. Nacquart, Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine. Dear Doctor–Here is one of the most carefully hewn stones in the second course of the foundation of a
The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honore de Balzac
Etext prepared by John Bickers, jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com and Bonnie Sala THE LESSER BOURGEOISIE (The Middle Classes) by HONORE DE BALZAC Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATION To Constance-Victoire. Here, madame, is one of those books which come into the mind, whence no one knows, giving pleasure to the author before he can foresee what
The Jealousies of a Country Town by Honore de Balzac
An Old Maid (EBook #1352), Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, and The Collection of Antiquities (EBook #1405) Translated By Ellen Marriage; these are combined into their original collected form and includes an introduction by George Saintsbury. THE JEALOUSIES OF A COUNTRY TOWN BY HONORE DE BALZAC INTRODUCTION The two stories of /Les Rivalites/ are more
The Illustrious Gaudissart by Honore de Balzac
Etext prepared by John Bickers, jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz and Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com THE ILLUSTRIOUS GAUDISSART by HONORE DE BALZAC Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATION To Madame la Duchesse de Castries. THE ILLUSTRIOUS GAUDISSART CHAPTER I The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our
The Human Comedy: Introductions & Appendix by Honore de Balzac
Etext prepared by Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com and John Bickers, jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz THE HUMAN COMEDY: INTRODUCTIONS AND APPENDIX CONTENTS Honore de Balzac Introduction and brief biography by George Saintsbury. Appendix List of titles in French with English translations and grouped in the various classifications. Author’s introduction Balzac’s 1842 introduction to The Human Comedy. HONORE DE BALZAC /”Sans genie,
The Hidden Masterpiece by Honore de Balzac
Etext prepared by John Bickers, jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz and Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com THE HIDDEN MASTERPIECE by HONORE DE BALZAC Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley THE HIDDEN MASTERPIECE CHAPTER I On a cold morning in December, towards the close of the year 1612, a young man, whose clothing betrayed his poverty, was standing before the door of a house
The Hated Son by Honore de Balzac
Etext prepared by John Bickers, jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz and Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com THE HATED SON by HONORE DE BALZAC Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATION To Madame la Baronne James Rothschild. THE HATED SON PART I HOW THE MOTHER LIVED CHAPTER I A BEDROOM OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY On a winter’s night, about two in the morning, the
The Girl with the Golden Eyes by Honore de Balzac
Etext prepared by Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com and John Bickers, jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN EYES by HONORE DE BALZAC Translated by Ellen Marriage DEDICATION To Eugene Delacroix, Painter. PREPARER’S NOTE The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy. Part one is entitled Ferragus and part two is The Duchesse de