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Modeste Mignon

by Katherine Prescott Wormeley / Honoré de Balzac · La Comédie Humaine series

A provincial girl of rare intelligence falls in love with a celebrated Parisian poet through his letters, only to discover the correspondence was not what she believed. Balzac traces the collision between romantic idealism and mercenary reality, where love is another commodity and every heart has a price.

La Comédie Humaine in reading order

7. Albert Savarus — Honoré de Balzac
22. La Femme de Trente Ans — Honoré de Balzac
25. The Athiest's Mass — Honoré de Balzac
74. The Quest Of The Absolute — Honoré de Balzac
87. Seraphita — Honoré de Balzac
A Passion in the Desert — Honoré de Balzac
A Start in Life — Honoré de Balzac
Beatrix — Honoré de Balzac
Colonel Chabert — Ellen Marriage / Honoré de Balzac
Cousin Bette — Sylvia Raphael / David Bellos / Honoré de Balzac
Cousin Pons — Honoré de Balzac / Herbert J. Hunt
Eugénie Grandet — Honoré de Balzac
Gobseck — אונורה דה בלזאק / מירי ליטבק / ראובן מירן / אפרת ניר / Honoré de Balzac
La Piel De Zapa — Honoré de Balzac
Lost Illusions — Ellen Marriage / George Saintsbury / Honoré de Balzac
Maître Cornélius — Katharine Prescott Wormeley / Honoré de Balzac
Modeste Mignon — Katherine Prescott Wormeley / Honoré de Balzac
Pierrette — Honoré de Balzac
Sarrasine — Sophie Lewis / Honoré de Balzac
The Ball At Sceaux — Honoré de Balzac
The Chouans — Honoré de Balzac
The Elixir Of Life — Honoré de Balzac
The Girl with the Golden Eyes — Charlotte Mandell / Honoré de Balzac
The Mysterious Mansion — Honoré de Balzac
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan — Honoré de Balzac / Katherine Prescott Wormeley
The Unknown Masterpiece — Richard Howard / Arthur C. Danto / Honoré de Balzac
A Daughter Of Eve — Honoré de Balzac
A Harlot High and Low — Rayner Heppenstall / Honoré de Balzac
A Murky Business — Honoré de Balzac / Herbert J. Hunt
Another Study Of Woman — Honoré de Balzac

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