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A Passion in the Desert
Honoré de Balzac · Ernest Christopher Dowson
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A short story by Honoré de Balzac, translated by Ernest Christopher Dowson, about a French soldier stranded in the Egyptian desert during Napoleon's campaign and his relationship with a wild animal. Suitable for readers interested in classic French literature and adventure fiction.
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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