Adieu
Honoré de Balzac · Katharine Prescott Wormeley
About this book
A short novel by Honoré de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, depicting a woman traumatized by experiences during Napoleon's disastrous 1812 retreat from Russia. It suits readers interested in French literature and historical fiction set in the Napoleonic era.
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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