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Excerpt: ...of feudal honor, must die with all his illusions. A compact of silence and devotion was ratified between the two noble hearts by a simple inclination of the head. Ah! Chesnel,… More...

Excerpt: ...of feudal honor, must die with all his illusions. A compact of silence and devotion was ratified between the two noble hearts by a simple inclination of the head. Ah! Chesnel, it was not exactly in this way that the d''Esgrignons went into Italy at the end of the fourteenth century, when Marshal Trivulzio, in the service of the King of France, served under a d''Esgrignon, who had a Bayard too under his orders. Other times, other pleasures. And, for that matter, the Duchesse de Maufrigneuse is at least the equal of a Marchesa di Spinola. And, on the strength of his genealogical tree, the old man swung himself off with a coxcomb''s air, as if he himself had once made a conquest of the Marchesa di Spinola, and still possessed the Duchess of to-day. The two companions in unhappiness were left together on the garden bench, with the same thought for a bond of union. They sat for a long time, saying little save vague, unmeaning words, watching the father walk away in his happiness, gesticulating as if he were talking to himself. What will become of him now? Mlle. Armande asked after a while. Du Croisier has sent instructions to the MM. Keller; he is not to be allowed to draw any more without authorization. And there are debts, continued Mlle. Armande. I am afraid so. If he is left without resources, what will he do? I dare not answer that question to myself. But he must be drawn out of that life, he must come back to us, or he will have nothing left. And nothing else left to him, Chesnel said gloomily. But Mlle. Armande as yet did not and could not understand the full force of those words. Is there any hope of getting him away from that woman, that Duchess? Perhaps she leads him on. He would not stick at a crime to be with her, said Chesnel, trying to pave the way to an intolerable thought by others less intolerable. Crime, repeated Mlle. Armande. Oh, Chesnel, no one but you would think of such a thing! she added, with a withering... Honore De Balzac, Books, Fiction and Literature, The Collection Of Antiquities Books>Fiction and Literature The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Fiction / Literary; Fiction / General; Fiction / Literary; Literary Criticism / European / French;<

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From The Jealousies of a Country Town. Scenes From Provincial Life from The Human Comedy (La Comedie Humaine). By the French author, who, along with Flaubert, is generally regarded as a f… More...

From The Jealousies of a Country Town. Scenes From Provincial Life from The Human Comedy (La Comedie Humaine). By the French author, who, along with Flaubert, is generally regarded as a founding-father of realism in European fiction. His large output of works, collectively entitled The Human Comedy (La Comedie Humaine), consists of 95 finished works (stories, novels and essays) and 48 unfinished works. His stories are an attempt to comprehend and depict the realities of life in contemporary bourgeois France. They are placed in a variety of settings, with characters reappearing in multiple stories. Books Books ~~ Fiction~~ General Collection-Of-Antiquities~~Honore-de-Balzac General Books LLC The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Fiction / Literary; Fiction / General; Fiction / Literary; Literary Criticism / European / French;<

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