A beautiful sad story as only Balzac can do it.

Set in 1783, Balzac tells a story of a mother and son, conditions for recruits and descriptions of life during the revolutionary period in France- full of disruption and uncertainty. I listened to it on audiobook and would be interested in more of Balzac’s La Comedie Humaine.

Really short, with rather a melodramatic end, but the picture of small town gossip is brilliant. I do like Balzac's attention to details of scene.

Στα 1831, ο Balzac είναι 32 ετών. Συνεχίζει να εξασφαλίζει τα προς το ζην γράφοντας, συχνά με βιασύνη και προχειρότητα, διηγήματα για λογαριασμό διάφορων περιοδικών, και το μυθιστόρημά του με τίτλο "La peau de chagrin" (Το μαγικό δέρμα) έχει ήδη εκδοθεί (την ίδια χρονιά, 1931) σημειώνοντας μια σχετι

My reading set in the various periods of the French Revolution came to fruition in this. It is another set in 1793 during the Reign of Terror. The aristocracy, rather than going to the guillotine, emigrated. These emigres had their property confiscated. I understood the references to the Chouans and