01716cam a22003493u 4500 469 UtSlPG 20260610133032.0 m cr n 260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 The Duchesse of Langeais Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2004 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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 Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger "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.) Original publication data not identified France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction French fiction -- Translations into English Marriage, Ellen, 1865-1946 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/469 42597 42597