The Balzac, Honoré de 1799-1850 creator Wormeley, Katharine Prescott 1830-1908 text utu 2005 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Marriage Contract" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1835. When wealthy Parisian bachelor Paul de Manerville falls for beautiful Spanish heiress Natalie Evangelista, he ignores his worldly friend's warnings and plunges into marriage. Blinded by romantic illusions, Paul fails to see the scheming ambitions of Natalie's calculating mother or recognize where his bride's true loyalties lie. This tale explores the dangerous gap between marital dreams and harsh reality, following not just the courtship but the cold negotiations that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Contrat_de_mariage Release date is 2005-03-12 Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger Original publication data not identified Marriage -- Fiction France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1556 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1556 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133046.0 1556