The novels of Balzac
By: H. de Balzac ; translated by Ellen Marriage [et al.] ; with prefaces by George Saintsbury
Contributors: Marriage, Ellen; Saintsbury, George, 1845-1933
Edition: [Centenary ed.]
Publisher: J. D. Morris
Published: 1899
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 17
Work titles: Comédie humaine.
Notes: Title on spine; each volume has special t.p

CONTENTS CONTINUED. [v.3] The jealousies of a country town. A marriage settlement. The thirteen. Maître Cornelius. Gambara.--[v.4] Droll stories.--[v.5] Seraphita. Louis Lambert. The sceaux ball. The unconscious mummers. A daughter of Eve. Letters of two brides.--[v.6] The country doctor. The commission in lunacy. The atheist's mass. The quest of the absolute. The unknown masterpiece. Christ in Flanders. Melmoth reconciled. The red house

CONTENTS CONTINUED. [v.7] The celibates. Colonel Chabert. The vendetta. A bachelor's establishment. Peace in the house. La grenadière.--[v.8] A woman of thirty. A start in life. The seamy side of history. At the sign of the Cat and Racket. The firm of Nucingen. An episode of the Reign of Terror.--[v.9] The peasantry. Pierre Grassou. About Catherine de' Medici. The exiles. The message.--[v.l0] Modeste Mignon. Honorine. Facino Cane. The lily of the valley. Another study of woman. The great Bretêche. A man of business.--[v.11] César Birotteau. Gaudissart the great. Béatrix. The purse

CONTENTS CONTINUED. [v.12] The harlot's progress. The hated son. A second home. The secrets of the Princess of Cadignan.--[v.13] Cousin Betty. Cousin Pons.--[v.14] The deputy for Arcis. The middle classes.--[v.15] Eugénie Grandet. The maranas. The executioner. Farewell. A seaside tragedy. The country parson. Albert Savaron.--[v.16] Father Goriot. M. Gobseck. Ursule Mirouët. Madame Firmiani. A forsaken woman. The imaginary mistress.--[v.17] The muse of the department. Les employés. A prince of Bohemia. A historical mystery. Massimilla Doni. Indices
Table of contents: title: [v.1] Brief sketch of the author. Author's introduction. The wild ass' skin. The elixir of life. A study of woman. The Chouans. The conscript.; title: [v.2] A distinguished provincial at Paris. Z. Marca. Lost illusions. Gaudissart II