The Lesser Bourgeoisie (The Middle Classes)

By De Balzac, Honore

Book Id: WPLBN0000677146
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 1.21 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	The Lesser Bourgeoisie (The Middle Classes)
Author:	De Balzac, Honore
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature, Literature & drama
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection, Penn State University's Electronic Classics Series Collection
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Publisher:	Penn State University's Electronic Classics


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Excerpt
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 in my pleasure, I dedicate the book to you. Ought it not to belong to you as the tithe formerly belonged to the Church in memory of God, who makes all things bud and fruit in the fields and in the intellect?