01671cam a22003373u 4500 1352 UtSlPG 20260610133044.0 m cr n 260607r1998||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 An Old Maid Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 1998 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Vieille_Fille_(novel) Release date is 1998-06-01 Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger "An Old Maid" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel written in 1836. Set in the provincial town of Alençon, this short and incisive work centers on Mademoiselle Cormon, an aging unmarried woman whose portrait stands as one of Balzac's most successful characterizations. The story unfolds with rapid succession of events, offering a nuanced analysis of the social, political, and financial affairs that define provincial life in post-Revolutionary France. The novel exemplifies Balzac's keen eye for human nature and small-town dynamics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Biographical fiction French fiction -- Translations into English Wormeley, Katharine Prescott, 1830-1908 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1352 43468 43468