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A Street of Paris and Its Inhabitant

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850; Courboin, François, 1865-1926 [Illustrator]; Pène du Bois, Henri, 1858-1906 [Translator]· 1 chapters· 4,071 words

This little Parisian silhouette in prose was written by Balzac to be the first chapter of a new series of the "Comedie Humaine" that he was preparing while the first was finishing. Balzac was never tired. He said that the men who were tired were those who rested and tried to w...

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This little Parisian silhouette in prose was written by Balzac to be the first chapter of a new series of the "Comedie Humaine" that he was preparing while the first was finishi...