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The Alkahest : Or, The House of Claes
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland : The Floating Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Regarded by many critics as one of Honore de Balzac''s foremost literary achievements, the novel The Alkahest offers an incisive look at the dangers of obsession. Scientist Balthazar Claes begins his research into alchemical properties with the best of intentions, but before long, he begins to neglect everything else in his life.
- Contents:
- Title; Contents; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; Chapter VII; Chapter VIII; Chapter IX; Chapter X; Chapter XI; Chapter XII; Chapter XIII; Chapter XIV; Chapter XV; Chapter XVI; Addendum; Endnotes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9781776539727
- 1776539729
- OCLC:
- 887504835
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