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Another study of woman / Honore de Balzac ; translated by Ellen Marriage, Clara Bell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De Balzac, Honore, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French fiction--Translations into English.
- French fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (57 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland, [New Zealand] : The Floating Press, 1842.
- Summary:
- ""Another Study of Woman"" is a narrative hovering between a short story and a novella in terms of length, extracted from Honore de Balzac''s multi-volume masterpiece The Human Comedy. At a private dinner party, guests warmed by the flush of fine food and drink begin to banter about the qualities and attributes that characterize the ideal woman. Gradually, the guests begin to reminisce about their own experiences and encounters with perfect and not-so-perfect women...
- Contents:
- Title; Contents; Another Study of Woman; Addendum
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 18, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781776539680
- 1776539680
- OCLC:
- 887504886
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