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The atheist's mass / Honore de Balzac.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- de Balzac, Honore, author.
- Series:
- The Human Comedy.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cleveland : Duke Classics, 2014.
- System Details:
- Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 526 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 162 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 527 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 160 KB).
- Summary:
- The Atheist's Mass is a short story from the Scenes from Private Life section of Honore de Balzac's story cycle The Human Comedy . One day, the narrator happens to see one of his acquaintances, a prominent doctor, attending mass. Since he knows that Dr. Desplein is an avowed atheist, the narrator's curiosity is piqued. When the same scene unfolds again months later, he decides to get to the bottom of the mystery and confronts Desplein.
- Notes:
- Title from eBook information screen.
- ISBN:
- 9781634210300
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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