The Ball at Sceaux
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Bal_de_Sceaux Release date is 2004-06-01
Produced by Dagny, and David Widger Produced by Dagny, and David Widger
"The Ball at Sceaux" by Honoré de Balzac is a novella published in 1830. Émilie de Fontaine has rejected countless suitors, dismissing them for lacking noble titles. When a mysterious young man appears at a village dance, she finally falls in love. But her aristocratic pride is shattered when she discovers his shocking secret profession. Years later, a twist of fate reveals what her snobbery cost her—a cautionary tale about vanity and misplaced values. (This is an automatically generated summary.)