Bureaucracy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.

Contributor:

Wormeley, Katharine Prescott.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Auckland : The Floating Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This fascinating novel from French master Honore de Balzac was published just as the age of bureaucracy was kicking into high gear in the mid-nineteenth century. Balzac delves deeply into the labyrinthine workings of a French agency, conveying the machinations, political alliances, and complex characters with astonishing texture and detail.

Contents:

Title; Contents; Chapter I - The Rabourdin Household; Chapter II - Monsieur des Lupeaulx; Chapter III - The Teredos Navalis, Otherwise Called Ship-Worm; Chapter IV - Three-Quarter Length Portraits of Certain Government Officials; Chapter V - The Machine in Motion; Chapter VI - The Worms at Work; Chapter VII - Scenes from Domestic Life; Chapter VIII - Forward, Mollusks!; Chapter IX - The Resignation; Addendum; Endnotes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-77653-956-7

OCLC:

887504925