...ted by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Collection of Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is... ...Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... wind, and always visible to my eyes in spite of the ample folds of stuff, revisited my young man’s dreams. Later yet, when I came to think seriously ... ..., in a couple of terra-cotta vases at the summit, a pair of acclima- tized cactuses displayed to the astonished eyes of the ignorant those thick leave... ...e con- cerns M. Camusot.” “Exactly.—This, monsieur, is the queerest of all cactuses,” he continued, producing a flower-pot which appeared to con- tain... ...ed the flower-pot which he had brought out for the Duchess to see. “Oh, my cactus! Oh, my son! and Mlle. Blandureau! … Look here! the cactus flower is...

...Excerpt: Dear Baron, you have taken so warm an interest in my long, vast ?History of French Manners in the Nineteenth Century,? you have given me so much encouragement to persevere with my work, that you have given me a right to associate your name with some portion of it. Are you not one of the most important representatives ...

... Contents 1 DESCRIPTION OF FARMER OAK — AN INCIDENT . . . . . 1 2 NIGHT — THE FLOCK — AN INTERIOR — ANOTHER IN TERIOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... GIRL ON HORSEBACK — CONVERSATION . . . . . . . . 13 4 GABRIEL’S RESOLVE — THE VISIT — THE MISTAKE . . . 20 5 DEPARTURE OF BATHSHEBA — A PASTORAL TRAG... ... THE MISTAKE . . . 20 5 DEPARTURE OF BATHSHEBA — A PASTORAL TRAGEDY . 28 6 THE FAIR — THE JOURNEY — THE FIRE . . . . . . . . . . 32 7 RECOGNITION — A ... ... an oak settle, and ornamented in front by pots of geraniums, myrtles, and cactuses, together with a caged canary — all probably from the windows of t... ...oft lustre upon her bright face and dark hair. The myrtles, geraniums, and cactuses packed around her were fresh and green, and at such a leafless seas... ... or more remaining to his furlough. She felt wretchedly certain that if he revisited her just at this nick of time, and came into contact with Boldwoo...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1; DESCRIPTION OF FARMEROAK -- AN INCIDENT -- When Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread till they were within an unimportant distance of his ears, his eyes were reduced to chinks, and diverging wrinkles appeared round them, extending upon his countenance like the rays in a rudimen...

...Table of Contents: 1 DESCRIPTION OF FARMER OAK? AN INCIDENT, 1 -- 2 NIGHT ? THE FLOCK ? AN INTERIOR ? ANOTHER INTERIOR -- ., 6 -- 3 A GIRL ON HORSEBACK? CONVERSATION, 13 -- 4 GABRIEL?S RESOLVE ? THE VISIT ? THE MISTAKE, 20 -- 5 DEPARTURE OF BATHSHEBA ? A PASTORAL TRAGEDY, 28 -- 6 THE FAIR ?THE JOURNE...