Balzac, Honoré de,  1799-1850 <br/><br/>
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendeurs_et_mis%C3%A8res_des_courtisanes  Release date is 2005-08-26 
<br/><br/>Produced by Dagny, Bonnie Sala, John Bickers, and David Widger  Produced by Dagny, Bonnie Sala, John Bickers, and David Widger 
<br/><br/> "Scenes from a Courtesan's Life" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published between 1838 and 1847. This dark tale follows ambitious poet Lucien de Rubempré and the cunning escaped convict Vautrin as they scheme to elevate Lucien into Parisian high society. When Lucien falls for courtesan Esther van Gobseck, Vautrin manipulates her beauty to extract money from an obsessed banker. But their intricate plans spiral toward tragedy as love, suicide, and police scrutiny entangle everyone in a web of secrets and compromising letters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction French fiction -- Translations into English 
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