01639cam a22003133u 45000010005000000030007000050050017000120060002000290070005000310080041000360400011000770410017000880500007001051000036001122450034001482640051001823000047002333360026002803370026003063380036003325000090003685000031004585080058004895200611005475340045011586530048012037000032012518560042012831405UtSlPG20260610133044.0mcr n260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPQ1 aBalzac, Honoré de,d1799-185014aThe Collection of Antiquities 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2004 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Cabinet_des_Antiques aRelease date is 2004-07-01 aProduced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger a"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.) nOriginal publication data not identified aFrench fiction -- Translations into English1 aMarriage, Ellen,d1865-194640uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1405