The Duchesse of Langeais

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850

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Second part of the trilogy, "The Thirteen." Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Duchesse_de_Langeais Release date is 2004-09-19

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"The Duchesse of Langeais" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1834. A decorated General becomes obsessed with a married aristocrat who delights in flirtation but denies him her affections before vanishing entirely. With help from a mysterious occult society called The Thirteen, he tracks her to a remote Spanish monastery where she has taken vows. This portrait of Parisian society explores the dangerous games played between desire and power in post-Napoleonic France. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction French fiction -- Translations into English

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