Balzac, Honoré de,  1799-1850 <br/><br/>
The Collection of Antiquities 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Cabinet_des_Antiques  Release date is 2004-07-01 
<br/><br/>Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger  Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger 
<br/><br/> "The Collection of Antiquities" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1838. Set in provincial France after the Revolution, it portrays impoverished old nobility clinging to past glory while neglected by the restored monarchy. The story follows young Victurien d'Esgrignon, a charming but deceitful youth who drains his devoted family's meager resources. When sent to Paris, his lies and reckless spending spiral into debts and potential imprisonment, creating suspense that borders on crime fiction as those who love him scramble to save him from ruin. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>French fiction -- Translations into English 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ