01630cam a22003253u 4500 1403 UtSlPG 20260610133044.0 m cr n 260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 A Start in Life Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2005 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/Un_d%C3%A9but_dans_la_vie Release date is 2005-10-07 Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger "A Start in Life" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel serialized in 1842. A young man's foolish boasting during a stagecoach journey sets off a chain of consequences that will shape his future. When Oscar Husson pretends to know a wealthy count traveling incognito and reveals embarrassing secrets, he inadvertently destroys his own prospects. Forced to rebuild his life repeatedly after successive indiscretions, Oscar must learn whether youthful vanity can ever be overcome, or if a single mistake can haunt someone forever. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified French fiction -- Translations into English Wormeley, Katharine Prescott, 1830-1908 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1403 43519 43519