01575cam a22003253u 4500 1841 UtSlPG 20260610133050.0 m cr n 260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 Z. Marcas 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/Z._Marcas Release date is 2005-11-19 Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger "Z. Marcas" by Honoré de Balzac is a novelette published in 1840. Set in Paris, it tells the story of a brilliant political strategist who propels politicians to power, only to be abandoned and left destitute. Living in a boarding-house, he befriends two students and shares his views on France's political decline. The tale explores Balzac's belief that mediocre leadership has betrayed talented men and endangered France's youth, while examining his conviction that a person's name shapes their destiny. (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/1841 43952 43952