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The Deserted Woman

by  
Honore de Balzac
Ellen Marriage (Translator)
An aristocratic husband and wife lead separate lives. The wife is quite active in high society, throwing parties that the greatest names in France attend, but after her lover deserts her to marry another woman, she retreats to the countryside and lives a ... More >An aristocratic husband and wife lead separate lives. The wife is quite active in high society, throwing parties that the greatest names in France attend, but after her lover deserts her to marry another woman, she retreats to the countryside and lives a life of seclusion for three years. There a young man manages to meet her and court her. They are lovers for nine years but he cannot marry her because her husband is still alive.
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eBook ISBN9781434004567
eBook List Price$ 1.99
Author Descriptions:
Honore de Balzac
Born on May 20, 1799, Honore de Balzac is considered one of the greatest French writers of all time. Balzac studied in Paris and worked as a law clerk while pursuing an unsuccessful career as an author. He soon accumulated enormous debts that haunted him most of his life. A p...   <More>
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