The Elixir of Life by Honoré de Balzac

The Elixir of Life

La Comédie Humaine #84

Honoré de Balzac with Clara Bell (Translator), James Waring (Translator)

32 pages first pub 1830 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark medium-paced
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First published in 1830, this novella by best-selling author Honor de Balzac is a story that melds religious and supernatural elements into a horrific nightmares-inducing concoction. After the death of his father, a licentious man goes from amoral...

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