Eugénie Grandet ; A study of woman ; Another study of woman ; La Grande Bretêche.
by Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. [illustrations, William Lincoln Hodson, A. Worth Smith]
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- 1434617904
- ISBN 13
- 9781434617903
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New York : Scribner, 1914., 1914. Very Good. 288 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. ; LC: PQ2166; Dewey: 843.912 ; OCLC: 9883623 ; recent edition ISBN: 1434617904, 9781434617903 ; red cloth with grey lettering and blind-stamped design on cover ; foxing ; "There are houses in certain provincial towns whose aspect inspires melancholy akin to that called forth by sombre cloisters dreary moorlands or the desolation of ruins. Within these houses there is perhaps the silence of the cloister the barrenness of moors the skeleton of ruins; life and movement are so stagnant there that a stranger might think them uninhabited" ; "See, here is your crucifix,' he went on. ' Swear to me before God that there is no one in there ; I will believe you — I will never open that door." ; VG
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- Eugénie Grandet ; A study of woman ; Another study of woman ; La Grande Bretêche.
- Author
- Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. [illustrations, William Lincoln Hodson, A. Worth Smith]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1434617904
- ISBN 13
- 9781434617903
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner, 1914.
- Date Published
- 1914
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