ISBN:
9780191627309
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Series Statement:
Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
390
Keywords:
Manners and customs
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Electronic books
Abstract:
A young man, in despair over gambling debts, buys a magical animal skin that grants his every wish but hastens its owner's death in the process. Balzac's compelling tale is here presented in an exuberant new translation, with an illuminating introduction and notes.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Translator's Note -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Honoré de Balzac -- Map: Paris in 1830 -- THE WILD ASS'S SKIN -- The Talisman -- The Woman without a Heart -- The Death Agony -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Balzac's Preface to the First Edition, August 1831 -- Explanatory Notes.
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