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The Black Sheep

By Honore de Balzac, Donald Adamson (Translator), Donald Adamson (Introduction)
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By Honore de Balzac, Donald Adamson (Translator), Donald Adamson (Introduction)
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His elegantly-crafted tale of sibling rivalry, Honoré de Balzac's The Black Sheep is translated from the French with an introduction by Donald Adamson in Penguin Classics. Philippe and Joseph Bridau are two extremely different brothers. The elder, Philippe, is a superficially heroic soldier and adored by their mother Agathe. He is nonetheless a bitter figure, secretly gambling away her savings after a brief but glorious career as Napoleon's aide-de-camp at the battle of Montereau. His young...

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