The Human Comedy, Vol. II: The Purse and Modeste Mignon (Noumena Classics)

"The innocence of a girl is like milk which is turned by a thunder-clap, by an evil smell, by a hot day, or even by a breath."

The chance meeting of a renowned painter and a mysterious girl blossoms into love, but when their ensuing courtship is marred by the disappearance of a purse full of money, their newfound happiness threatens to unravel . . . To the north of Paris in the port city of Le Havre, a drama of love and deception unfolds when the last and fiercely guarded daughter of a once ...