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The wild ass's skin / Honoré de Balzac ; translated by Helen Constantine ; edited with an introduction and notes by Patrick Coleman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850, author.
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics
- Standardized Title:
- Peau de chagrin. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Paris (France)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.
- Paris (France).
- Genre:
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxx, 252 pages) : 1 map (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Raphael de Valentin, a young aristocrat, has lost all his money in the gaming parlours of the Palais Royal in Paris. Contemplating suicide by throwing himself into the Seine, he is distracted by a bizarre object which promises to grant its possessor his every wish - but at a high price.
- Notes:
- Translated from the French.
- This translation previously issued in print: 2012.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record and publisher information.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191923388
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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