{"product_id":"2940014794770","title":"THE COMPLETE GREATEST WORKS OF BALZAC [Authoritative and Unabridged Edition for NOOK] All the Great Works by Balzac OVER 20,000 PAGES in a SINGLE NOOK VOLUME! [Definitive ENGLISH Translation from the Original French]","description":"THE COMPLETE GREATEST WORKS OF BALZAC \u003cbr\u003e[Authoritative and Unabridged Edition for NOOK] \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll the Great Works by Balzac OVER 20,000 PAGES in a SINGLE NOOK VOLUME! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Definitive ENGLISH Translation from the Original French]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePARTIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKET\u003cbr\u003eTHE BALL AT SCEAUX\u003cbr\u003eTHE PURSE\u003cbr\u003eTHE VENDETTA\u003cbr\u003eMADAME FIRMIANI\u003cbr\u003eA SECOND HOME\u003cbr\u003eDOMESTIC PEACE\u003cbr\u003eTHE IMAGINARY MISTRESS\u003cbr\u003eSTUDY OF A WOMAN\u003cbr\u003eANOTHER STUDY OF A WOMAN\u003cbr\u003eLA GRAND BRETECHE\u003cbr\u003eALBERT SAVARUS\u003cbr\u003eLETTERS OF TWO BRIDES\u003cbr\u003eA DAUGHTER OF EVE\u003cbr\u003eA WOMAN OF THIRTY\u003cbr\u003eTHE DESERTED WOMAN\u003cbr\u003eLA GRENADIÈRE\u003cbr\u003eTHE MESSAGE\u003cbr\u003eGOBSECK\u003cbr\u003eA MARRIAGE CONTRACT\u003cbr\u003eA START IN LIFE\u003cbr\u003eMODESTE MIGNON\u003cbr\u003eBEATRIX\u003cbr\u003eTHREE BRETON SILHOUETTES\u003cbr\u003eHONORINE\u003cbr\u003eLE COLONEL CHABERT\u003cbr\u003eTHE ATHEIST'S MASS\u003cbr\u003eTHE COMMISSION IN LUNACY\u003cbr\u003ePIERRE GRASSOU\u003cbr\u003eURSULA\u003cbr\u003eEUGÉNIE GRANDET\u003cbr\u003eTHE CELIBATES\u003cbr\u003ePARISIANS IN THE COUNTRY\u003cbr\u003eTHE JEALOUSIES OF A COUNTRY TOWN\u003cbr\u003eLOST ILLUSIONS\u003cbr\u003eSCENES FROM A COURTESAN’S LIFE\u003cbr\u003eA PRINCE OF BOHEMIA\u003cbr\u003eA MAN OF BUSINESS\u003cbr\u003eGAUDISSART II.\u003cbr\u003eTHE THIRTEEN\u003cbr\u003eFATHER GORIOT\u003cbr\u003eRISE AND FALL OF CESAR BIROTTEAU\u003cbr\u003eTHE FIRM OF NUCINGEN\u003cbr\u003eTHE SECRETS OF THE PRINCESSE DE CADIGNAN\u003cbr\u003eBUREAUCRACY\u003cbr\u003eSARRASINE\u003cbr\u003eFACINO CANE\u003cbr\u003ePOOR RELATIONS\u003cbr\u003eCOUSIN BETTY\u003cbr\u003eCOUSIN PONS\u003cbr\u003eTHE LESSER BOURGEOISIE\u003cbr\u003eAN HISTORICAL MYSTERY\u003cbr\u003eAN EPISODE UNDER THE TERROR\u003cbr\u003eTHE BROTHERHOOD OF CONSOLATION\u003cbr\u003eZ. MARCAS\u003cbr\u003eTHE DEPUTY OF ARCIS\u003cbr\u003eTHE CHOUANS\u003cbr\u003eA PASSION IN THE DESERT\u003cbr\u003eTHE COUNTRY DOCTOR\u003cbr\u003eTHE LILY OF THE VALLEY\u003cbr\u003eTHE VILLAGE RECTOR\u003cbr\u003eSONS OF THE SOIL\u003cbr\u003eTHE MAGIC SKIN\u003cbr\u003eTHE ALKAHEST\u003cbr\u003eCHRIST IN FLANDERS\u003cbr\u003eMELMOTH RECONCILED\u003cbr\u003eTHE HIDDEN MASTERPIECE\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNKNOWN MASTERPIECE\u003cbr\u003eTHE HATED SON\u003cbr\u003eGAMBARA\u003cbr\u003eMASSIMILLA DONI\u003cbr\u003eFAREWELL\u003cbr\u003eTHE RECRUIT\u003cbr\u003eEL VERDUGO\u003cbr\u003eA DRAMA ON THE SEASHORE\u003cbr\u003eTHE RED INN\u003cbr\u003eTHE ELIXIR OF LIFE\u003cbr\u003eTHE EXILES\u003cbr\u003eMAITRE CORNELIUS\u003cbr\u003eCATHERINE DE MEDICI\u003cbr\u003eLOUIS LAMBERT\u003cbr\u003eSERAPHITA\u003cbr\u003eANALYTICAL STUDIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEXCERPT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"If Father Goriot had daughters of his own as rich as those ladies who came here seemed to be, he would not be lodging in my house, on the third floor, at forty-five francs a month; and he would not go about dressed like a poor man.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo objection could be raised to these inferences. So by the end of the month of November 1819, at the time when the curtain rises on this drama, every one in the house had come to have a very decided opinion as to the poor old man. He had never had either wife or daughter; excesses had reduced him to this sluggish condition; he was a sort of human mollusk who should be classed among the capulidoe, so one of the dinner contingent, an employe at the Museum, who had a pretty wit of his own. Poiret was an eagle, a gentleman, compared with Goriot. Poiret would join the talk, argue, answer when he was spoken to; as a matter of fact, his talk, arguments, and responses contributed nothing to the conversation, for Poiret had a habit of repeating what the others said in different words; still, he did join in the talk; he was alive, and seemed capable of feeling; while Father Goriot (to quote the Museum official again) was invariably at zero degrees—Reaumur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEugene de Rastignac had just returned to Paris in a state of mind not unknown to young men who are conscious of unusual powers, and to those whose faculties are so stimulated by a difficult position, that for the time being they rise above the ordinary level.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRastignac's first year of study for the preliminary examinations in law had left him free to see the sights of Paris and to enjoy some of its amusements. A student has not much time on his hands if he sets himself to learn the repertory of every theatre, and to study the ins and outs of the labyrinth of Paris. To know its customs; to learn the language, and become familiar with the amusements of the capital, he must explore its recesses, good and bad, follow the studies that please him best, and form some idea of the treasures contained in galleries and museums.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt this stage of his career a student grows eager and excited about all sorts of follies that seem to him to be of immense importance. He has his hero, his great man, a professor at the College de France, paid to talk down to the level of his audience. He adjusts his cravat, and strikes various attitudes for the benefit of the women in the first galleries at the Opera-Comique. As he passes through all these successive initiations, and breaks out of his sheath, the horizons of life widen around him, and at length he grasps the plan of society with the different human strata of which it is composed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf he begins by admiring the procession of carriages on sunny afternoons in the Champs-Elysees, he soon reaches the further stage of envying their owners.\"","brand":"The Complete Works Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169014431984,"sku":"2940014794770","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014794770_p0.jpg?v=1763615744","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014794770","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}