Lost souls / Honoré de Balzac ; translated and with an introduction by Raymond N. MacKenzie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850, author.

Contributor:

MacKenzie, Raymond N., translator.

Standardized Title:

Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes. English

Language:

English

French

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xxv, 481 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Splendors and miseries of courtesans

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]

Summary:

"In Lost Souls, Honoré de Balzac's brilliant evocation of nineteenth-century Paris, we enter a world of glittering wealth and grinding poverty, teeming with strivers, poseurs, and pleasure seekers along with those who struggle merely to survive"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Lost Souls

I. How Women Love

II. What Love Costs an Old Man

III. Where Evil Pathways Lead

IV. Vautrin's Last Incarnation.

Notes:

"This book was originally published as Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, appearing in four parts from 1835-1847"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Lost illusions

ISBN:

9781517905446

1517905443

OCLC:

1182020318

Publisher Number:

99987092794