The Marriage Contract

by Honore de Balzac, Katharine Prescott Wormeley (Translator)

Overview

Paul de Maneville has spent his life being ruined and humiliated by his unfaithful wife and her mother. Finally, he rejects his responsibilities and sets sail for the Indies, hoping to start a new life. Too late, he opens a letter written with the intent of keeping him in Paris. Many consider this story to be based on the life of Balzac's brother.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788726668971
Publisher:	Saga Egmont International
Publication date:	03/01/2021
Sold by:	De Marque
Format:	eBook
Pages:	66
File size:	326 KB

About the Author

Honoré de Balzac (20 May 1799 - 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.