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The Deputy of Arcis
Honoré de Balzac
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"Give it to me."
The sub-prefect read the words: Quo me trahit fortuna.
Though he was not strong enough in French blazon to know the house that bore that device, Antonin felt sure that the Cinq-Cygnes would not send their chariot, nor the Princess de Cadignan a missive by her maid, except to a person of the highest nobility.
"Ha! so you know the maid of the Princess de Cadignan! happy man!" said Antonin.
Julien, a young countryman, after serving six months in the household of the Comte de Gondreville, had entered the service of the sub-prefect, who wanted a servant of the right style.
"But, monsieur, Anicette is my father's god-daughter. Papa, who wanted to do well by the girl, whose father was dead, sent her to a dressmaker in Pa. . . Read More
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Far too many unfinished strands, inevitably. Don't bother unless you have a ticklist of his entire oeuvre.
To begin with, Balzac started but never finished The Deputy of Arcis. But rather than wringing my hands, I have to admit that his collaborator Rabou, who, I believe, was responsible for the latter two-thirds of the book, did a creditable job. The part of the book attributed to Balzac was the first s
Essa parte do romance faz parte de Estudos de Costumes - Cenas da Vida Política foi publicado em 1847 antes de ser concluído a fim de pagar sua eternas dívidas. Balzac morre antes de concluir e a história termina no melhor momento, quando a coisa promete pegar fogo.
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