Prometheus : the life of Balzac / André Maurois ; translated by Norman Denny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maurois, André, 1885-1967, author.

Contributor:

Denny, Norman, 1901-1982, translator.

Harper & Row, Publishers, publishers.

Hachette (Firm), publishers.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850--Biography.

Balzac, Honoré de.

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.

Novelists, French--19th century--Biography.

Novelists, French.

Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

6 unnumbered pages, 7-573 pages, 1 unnumbered page; 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965.

Language Note:

Item is in English, translated from the French; includes references in French.

Summary:

Biographical and interpretative study of the life, character and writings of the controversial French author, Honore de Balzac.

Notes:

Includes half-title page.

Book was first published in France under the title: "Prométhée, on La Vie de Balzac"; published by Hachette.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 563-564).

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy has original dust jacket retained.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok" with "August 1966 New York" on front fly leaf.

OCLC:

343510