Balzac, Honoré de 1799-1850 creator Wormeley, Katharine Prescott 1830-1908 text utu 1998 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Modeste Mignon" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1844. A young provincial woman writes passionate letters to a famous Parisian poet she admires, but he dismisses her attention and assigns his secretary to respond instead. When the secretary arrives in disguise, a dangerous intrigue unfolds—complicated when Modeste's family discovers she's secretly taken a lover. The deception deepens as Modeste transforms from a poor girl into a wealthy heiress, attracting three rival suitors competing for her hand. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modeste_Mignon Release date is 1998-10-01 Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger Original publication data not identified French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1482 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1482 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133045.0 1482