Query: 1840s French novels set in the 1800s
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Une ténébreuse affaire
Evidence from documents: Une ténébreuse affaire: '''''Une ténébreuse affaire''''' (English "A Murky Business" or "A Historical Mystery") is a novel by Honoré de Balzac, published in 1841. It was originally published in serial form in ''Le Journal du Commerce''. It is one of the ''Scènes de la vie politique'' in ''La Comédie humaine''.