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The Duchesse of Langeais

by Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850)

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"The Duchesse of Langeais" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1834. A decorated General becomes obsessed with a married aristocrat who delights in flirtation but denies him her affections before vanishing entirely. With help from a mysterious occult society called The Thirteen, he tracks her to a remote Spanish monastery where she has taken vows. This portrait of Parisian society explores the dangerous games played between desire and power in post-Napoleonic France.

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  • France · Social life and customs · 19th century
  • French fiction · Translations into English

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THE DUCHESSE OF LANGEAIS

By Honore De Balzac

Translated by Ellen Marriage

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This free edition of The Duchesse of Langeais by Honoré de Balzac comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #469, released 2004-09-19. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Romance, Novels, French Literature.

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