01666cam a22003253u 4500 1405 UtSlPG 20260610133044.0 m cr n 260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 The Collection of Antiquities Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2004 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/Le_Cabinet_des_Antiques Release date is 2004-07-01 Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger "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.) Original publication data not identified French fiction -- Translations into English Marriage, Ellen, 1865-1946 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1405 43521 43521