A harlot high and low
Subtitle: (Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes)
By: translated and with an introduction by Rayner Heppenstall.
Series: Penguin classics, L232
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Harmondsworth
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 554
Subjects: France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Description: In the sequel to Lost Illusions, Lucien de Rubempre is in love with the courtesan Esther Gobseck, who is being pursued by the financier Nucingen, while Collin, disguised as a Spanish diplomat, is determined to use Lucien as a tool to pillage the upper reaches of Paris society.