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Honore d́e Balzac in twenty-five volumes volume 23
Publisher
Collier
Pub. Date
c1900
Physical Desc
327 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Honoré de Balzac in twenty-five volumes volume 18
Publisher
Peter Fenelon Collier
Pub. Date
1900
Physical Desc
488 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Honore d́e Balzac in twenty-five volumes volume 17
Publisher
P. F. Collier
Pub. Date
cl900
Physical Desc
532 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
5) Pierrette
Author
Series
Publisher
Collier
Pub. Date
1900
Physical Desc
2 v. in 1 [1] leaf of plate : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Honoré de Balzac in twenty-five volumes volume 16)
Publisher
P.F. Collier & Son
Pub. Date
1900
Physical Desc
468 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Honoré de Balzac in twenty-five volumes volume 13
Publisher
P. F. Collier
Pub. Date
1900
Physical Desc
558 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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Language
English
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Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu (English The Unknown Masterpiece) is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. Young Nicolas Poussin, as yet unknown, visits the painter Porbus in his workshop. He is accompanied by the old master Frenhofer, who comments expertly on the large tableau that Porbus has just finished. The painting is of Mary of Egypt, and while Frenhofer sings her praises, he hints that the work seems unfinished. With some slight touches of the paintbrush,...
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English
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This novel is part of the Scenes of Private Life section of Honore de Balzac's sweeping saga The Human Comedy. Renowned artist Theodore de Sommervieux falls head-over-heels in love with the beautiful, refined Augustine Guillaume, and soon the besotted pair are married. But after a blissful honeymoon period, the couple discovers that sometimes love is not enough to make a marriage work.
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