01560cam a22003253u 4500 1813 UtSlPG 20260610133049.0 m cr n 260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 A Man of Business Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2005 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/Un_homme_d%27affaires Release date is 2005-02-24 Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny "A Man of Business" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story published in 1845. When aristocrat Maxime de Trailles refuses to pay his mounting debts, two clever Parisian businessmen devise an elaborate scheme to collect what he owes. Through manipulation and disguise, they orchestrate a trap involving de Trailles' lover and her business ventures. This tale of deception reveals the ruthless tactics creditors employed in nineteenth-century Paris to recover their money from wealthy debtors. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified French fiction -- Translations into English Bell, Clara, 1834-1927 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1813 43924 43924