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A Drama on the Seashore
Honoré de Balzac · Katharine Prescott Wormeley
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A short philosophical tale by Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, in which a seaside walk leads to an encounter that reveals a stranger's tragic story. Suited to readers of nineteenth-century French literature and those exploring Balzac's La Comédie humaine.
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
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