TY  - BOOK
AU  - Balzac,Honoré de
AU  - Marriage,Ellen
TI  - The Magic Skin
AV  - PQ 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Fantasy fiction
KW  - Authors -- Fiction
KW  - Wishes -- Fiction
KW  - Hides and skins -- Fiction
KW  - French fiction -- Translations into English
KW  - Magic -- Fiction
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Peau_de_chagrin; Release date is 2005-02-12; Produced by Dagny, Bonnie Sala, and David Widger; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "The Magic Skin" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1831. Set in early 19th-century Paris, it follows a young man who discovers a magical piece of shagreen that grants his every wish. However, each desire fulfilled causes the skin to shrink and drains his physical energy. The novel explores the conflict between desire and longevity, examining bourgeois materialism through Balzac's detailed portrayal of Parisian society. It established Balzac as a significant French writer. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1307
ER  -