The Thirteen

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The ThirteenISBN13:9781518718618ISBN10:1518718612Author:De Balzac, Honore (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - The Histoire Des Treize Consists-Or Rather Is Built Up-Of Three Stories: Ferragus Or The Rue Soly, La Duchesse De Langeais Or Ne Touchez-Paz A La Hache, And La Fille Aux Yeux D'or To Tell The Truth, There Is More Power Than Taste Throughout The Histoire Des Treize, And Perhaps Not Very Much Less Unreality Than Power Balzac Is Very Much Better Than Eugene Sue, Though Eugene Sue Also Is Better Than It Is The Fashion To Think Him Just Now But He Is Here, To A Certain Extent Competing With Sue On The Latter's Own Ground The Notion Of The Devorants-Of A Secret Society Of Men Devoted To Each Other's Interests, Entirely Free From Any Moral Or Legal Scruple, Possessed Of Considerable Means In Wealth, Ability, And Position, All Working Together, By Fair Means Or Foul, For Good Ends Or Bad-Is, No Doubt, Rather Seducing To The Imagination At All Times; And It So Happened That It Was Particularly Seducing To The Imagination Of That Time And Its Example Has Been Powerful Since; It Gave Us Mr Stevenson's New Arabian Nights Only, As It Were, The Other Day Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2015-10-31Weight:0.63 lbsDimensions:0.24'' H x 11'' L x 8.5'' WNumber of Pages:116Language:English

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