La Balzac, Honoré de 1799-1850 creator text utu 2008 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "La Maison du Chat-qui-pelote" by Honoré de Balzac is a novella published in 1830. Set in early 1811 Paris, it follows Augustine, daughter of an austere draper, who marries Théodore de Sommervieux, an aristocratic painter captivated by her beauty. As the initial passion fades, their vastly different worlds and values collide. Augustine finds herself lost in a society she cannot understand, while her husband grows distant and cruel. This opening work of Balzac's "La Comédie humaine" explores the dangers of marriages across social worlds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Maison_du_chat-qui-pelote Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Maison_du_Chat-qui-pelote Release date is 2008-01-07 Original publication data not identified France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction French fiction -- 19th century PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24217 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24217 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133544.0 24217