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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The Rabourdin household in Paris, where men of thought and study bear a certain likeness to one another, living as they do in a common centre, you must have met with several resembling Monsieur Rabourdin, whose acquaintance w...

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...Excerpt: Lucien had gone to Paris; and David Sechard, with the courage and intelligence of the ox which painters give the Evangelist for accompanying symbol, set himself to make the large fortune for which he had wished that evening down by the Charente, when he sat with Eve by the w...

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... Eve and David by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...e and David by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...but a useful and immensely profitable discovery; and after his brother- in-law went to Paris, he became more and more absorbed in the problem which he... ...ds were spoken in a way that could not but rouse the worst thoughts in the listener; and Cerizet gave the pa- permaker and printer a very searching lo... ...n, a young man of nine-and- twenty, who had been appointed attorney to the Court of First Instance in Angouleme some six weeks ago. The young man’s na... ...t day, swarm in the provinces; but in 1822 the country attorney very often united the functions of solicitor and counsel. As a result of this double l... ... in his love; and these two forgot all their own troubles at this cry of a supreme sorrow. Just at that moment Marion rushed in. “Madame,” she panted,... ...nd printing-house, with a sprinkling of Lucien’s old schoolfellows and the clerks in the employ of Messieurs Petit-Claud and Cachan. As for the attorn... ... at that time a treaty was being negotiated between Russia and Sweden. The States-General insisted that Charles XII. should make peace (much as they t...

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Excerpt: A Start in Life by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...Excerpt: When we think of the enormous number of volumes that have been published on the question as to where Hannibal crossed the Alps, without our being able to decide to-day whether it was (according to Whittaker and Rivaz) by Lyon, Geneva, the ...

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Excerpt: Scenes from a Courtesan?s Life by Honore de Balzac, translated by James Waring.

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... Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication ... ...Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...rtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...g about him proclaimed the habits of refined life. In obedience to a fatal law of the time we live in, there is not much difference, physical or moral... ...ch are part of everything?” “He is right,” said Lousteau, who had hitherto listened without speaking; “La Torpille can laugh and make others laugh. Th... ... it is the fantastic world of Hoffmann of Berlin. The most mathematical of clerks never thinks of it as real, after returning through the straits that... ...of grace and salvation,” said the Abbe. In Spain the religious question is supreme, above all politi- cal, civil, or vital considerations; so the phys... ...owers of the huge machine of government. You will speak of the police as a statesman should, admiring everything, the Prefet included. The very best m... ...o us, on seeing two 324 Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life handsome creatures united and happy, always did honor to Madame de Stael, in spite of her ‘rom...

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...Excerpt: MME. VAUQUER (nee de Conflans) is an elderly person, who for the past forty years has kept a lodging-house in the Rue Nueve-Sainte-Genevieve, in the district that lies between the Latin Quarter and the Faubourg Saint-Marcel. Her house (known i...

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... Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ther Goriot by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...them in default of better. At that time one of the rooms was tenanted by a law stu- dent, a young man from the neighborhood of Angouleme, one of a lar... ..., a frequenter of the backstairs of great houses, or had she been merely a courte- san? Was she expiating the flaunting triumphs of a youth overcrowde... ...e happiest of these hapless beings was certainly Mme. Vauquer, who reigned supreme over this hospital supported by voluntary contributions. For her, t... ...Mme. Vauquer’s magpie’s eye had discovered and read certain entries in the list of shareholders in the funds, and, after a rough calculation, was disp... ... on a vast estate, say a hundred thousand acres, somewhere in the Southern States of America. I mean to be a planter, to have slaves, to make a few sn... ...ch there is no appeal. The Minister is administratively infallible for the clerks in the employ of the Government, as the Pope is infal- lible for goo... ...he heart,” he said in a loud voice. “And when I see you, my children, thus united by a like purity and by all human affections, I say to myself that i...

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Excerpt: The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...ine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is... ...s by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ased solely on the power of wealth shudder as it sees the impotence of the law in dealing with the workings of a system which deifies success, and par... ...as, he shared the magnanimity of his wife, certain it is that he would not listen to Roguin, his notary, who advised him to take advantage of his mini... ...re to all. She had, moreover, a Parisian quality which charmed the retired clerks and elderly merchants of her circle,—she could take and give a jest.... ... rue Mazarin; then he ran downstairs and slipped fur- tively into the long courtyard of the Institute, full of statues, busts, half-finished marbles, ... ...After this discussion, which was like all discussions, the widow’s friends united in giving her one and the same ad- vice; which advice did not in the... ...ppe took up the daz- zling idea of joining General Lallemand in the United States, and helping him to found what was called the Champ d’Asile, one of ... ...r. 102 The Two Brothers joy of the other victims. After this, Max reigned supreme in his hulk, thanks to the wonderful ease and address with which he...

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Excerpt: Sons of the Soil by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...rescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a pu... ...cott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publi... ...blindly rush, it becomes an urgent duty to exhibit the peasant who renders Law inapplicable, and who has made the ownership of land to be a thing that... ...ainted from designs by Boucher. Bath, table and love are therefore closely united. After the salon, which, I should tell you, my dear fellow, exhibits... ...ransposition was so generally used that Brunet, the clerk of the municipal court of Soulanges, was in the habit of writing Michel-Jean- Jerome Vert, c... ...her-in-law. “If you will give me a pair of trousers, a waistcoat, and some list braces, so as not to disgrace Vermichel on the mu- sic stand at Tivoli... ...employed a notary at Ville-aux-Fayes, who happened to be one of his former clerks, to buy the estate of Les Aigues, which he did for eleven hundred th... ...g Sibilet’s life, needs a few more ex- planatory details. Adolphe Sibilet, supremely unlucky, as we have shown by the foregoing sketch of him, was one... ...ion which to-day threat- 143 Balzac ens every man, the man of genius, the statesman, the mod- ern agriculturalist,—in short, all innovators. This las...

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Excerpt: The Village Rector by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...ine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Village Rector by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley ... ...r by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...daughter of a coppersmith, a widower, named Champagnac. When his father-in-law died he bought the house in which he had been carrying on his trade of ... ... the old couple seated motionless in their armchairs, like Chinese images, listening to their daughter, and admiring her with all the powers of their ... ...ntly at Veronique as she returned to her seat from the altar where she had united herself with God,—a moment when she appeared to all the parish in he... ... forty sous a day, and clothed himself no better than his under-clerk. Two clerks and an office-boy sufficed him to carry on his business, which was i... ...rts came day after day from Paris, and their contents were unpacked in the courtyard. Rumors flew about the town as to the beauty and good taste of th... ...ually pass through stages of crime and punishment before they com- mit the supreme deed. Active and careful search was made in following up this idea;... ...magnificent phase of public works, which is destined to change the face of States and nations, to double human life, and modify the laws of space and ...

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Excerpt: Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...n by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...y Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e.’” Exupere was to start the next morning for Paris to begin the study of law. This impending departure had induced Latournelle to propose him to his... ...rm. 5 Balzac Madame Latournelle, the daughter of a clerk of the su- preme court, feels that her birth authorizes her to claim issue from a parliament... ...ignity and style, belonged to the Chalet, and separated, or if you prefer, united it to the villa Vilquin. Dumay consoled himself for the toils of bus... ...ugh short, thick-set, pockmarked, and speaking always in a low voice as if listening to himself, this Breton, a former lieutenant in the Guard, showed... ...orality cannot change; they are one: but obligations vary in the different states of life. Just as the sun lights up a scene diversely and produces di... ...llar, and our best clothes? We deify the garments associated with that all-supreme moment. We weave within us poetic fancies quite equal to those of t... ...ou, Jean-Jacques The Purse A Bachelor’s Establishment The Government Clerks Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Firm of Nucingen The Muse o...

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...Excerpt: One of the few drawing-rooms where, under the Restoration, the Archbishop of Besancon was sometimes to be seen, was that of the Baronne de Watteville, to whom he was particularly attached on account of her religious sentiments. A...

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...Albert Savarus by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...ert Savarus by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...it?” they all cried. “Won!” replied the Vicar-General. “The verdict of the Court, from which we had no hope, you know why—” This was an allusion to th... ...the bigwigs say. Thus the chapter is twice victorious; it has triumphed in law and also in politics, since it has vanquished Liberalism in the per- so... ...th all politi- cal qualifications. Finally, he had his name entered on the list of the barristers to the Court, showing his title in due form, and he ... ...d their antagonism had no doubt had the result of tightening the bond that united them. Rodolphe was the natural son of a man of rank, who was carried... ...en two lovers thus understand each other, the heart feels delicious peace, supreme tranquillity. Certainty is the basis for which human feelings crave... ... retirement, and made her one of the most bril- liant matches in the Papal States. Her elder sister had been be- trothed to Prince Gandolphini, one of... ...chelor’s Establishment Pierre Grassou A Start in Life The Government Clerks 106 Albert Savarus Modeste Mignon The Imaginary Mistress The ...

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...Excerpt: All elections begin with a bustle before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is no...

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...ine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley... ...t Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publi... ...s very nervous. It is queer that, though he is in the habit of speaking in court, he dreads this meeting as if he were certain to meet enemies.” “Fait... ...ntrived to have his name effaced from the ordinance and put on the retired list with a pen- sion, and the rank of colonel. Madame Marion, nee Giguet, ... ...med to receive much company at T royes, where the receiver-general reigned supreme, she now opened her salon to the notabilities of the liberal party ... ...rning committee of Arcis, which consisted of the notary Grevin, his son-in-law Beauvisage, and Varlet junior, the chief physician of Arcis, brother-in... ...omise the influence of his family in the arrondissement of Arcis, that old statesman would doubtless propose for candidate some young man who could be... ... Historical Mystery.”] The Marions, Grevins, and Giguets were all the more united be- cause the triumph of their political opinions, called “consti- t... ...iscreet.” “But who is the candidate for whom our ushers and sher- iffs and clerks, and solicitors and notaries are to vote?” asked Vinet. “The one I s...

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...Excerpt: Here, madame, is one of those books which come into the mind, whence no one knows, giving pleasure to the author before he can foresee what reception the public, our great present judge, will accord to it. Feeling almost certain of your sympathy ...

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...ine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Prescott Worme... ...e by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...res now allow themselves the luxury of a house to themselves, guarded by a courtyard on a street and protected from public curiosity by a shady garden... ...ards, would take him for the son of a man who cooked the breakfasts of the clerks 15 Balzac at a ministry and wore the livery of Louis XVI.; he resem... ...igitte and Jerome, the former being twenty-seven, the latter twenty-three, united their ex- istence. Brother and sister were bound together by an ex- ... ...t at the rate of five thousand francs a year. She granted to her sister-in-law fifty francs a month, explaining to her carefully that she herself was ... ...suits; the men defended the University; and, as a general thing, the women listened. A man of intelligence (could he have borne the dulness of these e... ...ertain to have met a client. In these quarters the justice-of-peace is the supreme au- thority; all legal contests stop short at his office, especiall... ...tely demanded in the interests of commerce, which is certainly the life of States. In any case, this view, which isn’t yours, appears to have been tha...

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Excerpt: The Muse of the Department by Honore de Balzac, translated by James Waring.

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...lated by James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Muse of the Department by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a pu... ...James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Muse of the Department by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication... ...gnitaries has 6 The Muse of the Department increased so greatly that real statesmen are becoming rare indeed in the lower chamber. In point of fact, ... ...e—He simply cannot pay—” “Monsieur—” “Y ou are hasty,” said des Lupeaulx. “Listen. He cannot pay in money. Well, then; you, a clever man, can take pay... ...ter. The com- bined fortunes of Monsieur de la Baudraye and his mother- in-law, who had been content to accept an annuity of twelve hundred francs on ... .... When she affected cold disdain, to nettle this changeling by the scorn a courtesan sometimes shows to her “protector,” and which acts on him with th... ... at such a marriage for her niece. Mon- sieur Camusot, a Councillor of the Supreme Court, old Camusot’s son by his first marriage, had given his step-... ...Department woman’s voice. “It is, my darling, that we are now indissolubly united.— I have just had an answer to the letter you saw me write, which wa... ...r’s Establishment 167 Balzac The Secrets of a Princess The Government Clerks Pierrette A Study of Woman Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Ho...

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...Excerpt: Note. It is somewhat remarkable that Balzac, dealing as he did with traits of character and the minute and daily circumstances of life, has never been accused of representing actual persons in the two or three thousand portraits which he painted of human nature....

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...Excerpt: An Ambuscade. Early in the year VIII., at the beginning of Vendemiaire, or, to conform to our own calendar, towards the close of September, 1799, a hundred or so of peasants and a large number of citizens, who had left Fougeres in the morning on th...

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...ine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Chouans by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a pu... ...s by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...companies authorized by the ordi- nance. In response to this request a new law had been pro- mulgated a few days before this history begins, organizin... ...of the rector (the only ruler of these rough minds) last some hours. After listening to the awful words of the priest they return to their noisome hov... ...e said, taking her hand and kissing it with the superficial gallantry of a courtier. “Listen to me,” he added after a short pause: “if I were to stay ... ...scarlet waistcoat, cinnamon coat, and a correct idea will be gained of the supreme good taste which all dandies blindly obeyed in the first years of t... ...ught out the transparent rose of the nos- trils and the double curve which united the nose with the upper lip; at other times a pale glint of sunshine... ... uniform with any of your tricks.” “Commandant, the order of the ministers states that you are to obey Mademoiselle de Verneuil.” “Let her come and gi... ...e Modeste Mignon The Ball at Sceaux Cesar Birotteau The Government Clerks 275 Balzac Fouche, Joseph The Gondreville Mystery Scenes from a...

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...Excerpt: PART I. Mme. De Bargeton and Lucien de Rubempre had left Angouleme behind, and were traveling together upon the road to Paris. Not one of the party who made that journey alluded to it afterwards; but it may be believed that an infatuated ...

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...Excerpt: The talisman towards the end of the month of October 1829 a young man entered the Palais-Royal just as the gaming-houses opened, agreeably to the law which protects a passion by its very nature easily excisable. He mounted th...

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...ted by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication ... ...The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ntered the Palais-Royal just as the gaming-houses opened, agreeably to the law which protects a passion by its very nature easily excisable. He mounte... ... and dark-haired, sat at one end, with his elbows on the table, seeming to listen to the presentiments of luck that dic- tate a gambler’s “Yes” or “No... ...ure was the sport of sover- eigns; and from their councils, churchmen with courtesans’ arms about them issued decrees of chastity for simple priests. ... ...aphael. I do not want to make either an advocate or a notary of you, but a states- man, who shall be the pride of our poor house … . Good- night,’ he ... ...e says, ‘It has just struck half- past three.’ I was in the power of their clerks; they could scribble my name, drag it through the mire, and jeer at ... ...have Havana cigars, with this bit of shagreen: always with this skin, this supreme bit of shagreen. It is a cure for corns, and efficacious remedy. Do... ... the hand of a pretty woman in his, went on board the Ville d’Angers. Thus united they both looked and wondered long at a white form that rose elusive...