Selected Short Stories by Honoré de Balzac

Selected Short Stories

Honoré de Balzac

272 pages first pub 1836 (editions)

fiction classics literary short stories dark emotional reflective slow-paced
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One of the greatest French novelists, Balzac was also an accomplished writer of shorter fiction. This volume includes twelve of his finest short stories - many of which feature characters from his epic series of novels the Comédie Humaine. Compell...

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Moods

emotional: 100%

dark: 66%

reflective: 66%

tense: 66%

adventurous: 33%

challenging: 33%

funny: 33%

hopeful: 33%

informative: 33%

inspiring: 33%

mysterious: 33%

sad: 33%


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