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Distinguished provincial at Paris / Honore de Balzac ; translated by Ellen Marriage.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- France--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (415 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Auckland, New Zealand] : The Floating Press, 1839.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The novel A Distinguished Provincial at Paris is the second volume of Honore de Balzac''s Lost Illusions trilogy. In it, Balzac masterfully revisits one of his most commonly called-upon themes: the harsh realization that someone who is distinguished and revered in their small hometown may be an invisible nonentity amidst the hustle and bustle of the big city.
- Contents:
- Title; Contents; Note; Part I; Part II; Addendum
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 18, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-77658-606-9
- OCLC:
- 893333540
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