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Title

Comédie humaine; ed. by George Saintsbury.

Author

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850

Publication

[London, J. M. Dent; New York, Macmillan & co., ltd., 1895-1900.

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Additional Authors

• Waring, James
• Scott, R. S.
• Bell, Clara, 1834-1927
• Marriage, Ellen
• Saintsbury, George, 1845-1933
• Holmes, Rachel Scott Russell

Description

40 v. fronts., plates.; 20 cm.

Note

• Half-title.
• Each volume also has special t.-p.
• Translators: Clara Bell, v. 1-4, 16, 22-25, 29, 34, 38; Ellen Marriage, v. 6-8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21, 26, 28, 30-32, 35-37, 39, 40; R. C. Scott, v. 11; James Waring, v. 5, 9, 14, 17-18, 20, 27.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

V. 1. About Catherine de Medici -- v. 2. Eugenie Grandet -- v. 3. Modeste Mignon -- v. 4. The rise and fall of Cesar Birotteau -- v. 5. The country parson -- v. 6. Old Goriot -- v. 7. Ursula Mirouet -- v. 8. Seraphita -- v. 9. The Chouans -- v. 10. Parisians in the country -- v. 11-12. A harlot's progress -- v. 13. The peasantry -- v. 14. Pierrette and the Abbe Birotteau -- v. 15. The country doctor -- v. 16. Cousin Betty -- v. 17. Beatrix -- v. 18. A bachelor's establishment -- v. 19. A princess's secrets -- v. 20. The seamy side of history -- v. 21. The quest of the absolute -- v. 22. The wild ass's skin -- v. 23. A distinguished provincial at Paris -- v. 24. A Gondreville mystery -- v. 25. Lost illusions -- v. 26. A marriage settlement -- v. 27. A member for Arcis -- v. 28. The thirteen -- v. 29. The lily of the valley -- v. 30. The jealousies of a country town -- v. 31. The middle classes -- v. 32. The atheist's mass, etc -- v. 33. The unconscious mummers, etc -- v. 34. A father's curse, etc -- v. 35. The unknown masterpiece, etc -- v. 36. A daughter of Eve, etc -- v. 37. At the sign of the cat and racket -- v. 38. La grande Breteche

LCCN

^^^24002854^

OCLC

• 2036792
• SCSB-11180825

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library