The country doctor / 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:

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Summary:

Part of the massive series that some regard as one of the masterworks of nineteenth-century realism, Honore de Balzac's The Human Comedy , the novel The Country Doctor focuses on Dr. Benassis, a physician by trade, who has deep-seated beliefs about social equality. While treating a prominent patient, Benassis expounds at length on his value system and discusses some of the reforms that he has helped to implement in the town.

Notes:

Title from eBook information screen.

ISBN:

9781634210218

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.