PETTY TROUBLES OF MARRIED LIFE
The UNKINDEST
cut of all.
Is it a petty or a profound trouble? I knew not;
it is profound for your sons-in-law or daughters-in-law,
but exceedingly petty for you.
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The French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was the first writer to use fiction to convey the total social scene prevailing within one country at a particular period in its history. Common...
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Had Balzac been a less masterful novelist, the disreputably profligate fraud in him might have overwhelmed his artistry. Still, the other Balzac, the artist, is tainted by his well-earned reputation f...
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Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete
Honoré de Balzac
Honore de Balzac