The wild ass's skin
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-18502012
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Raphael de Valentin, a young aristocrat, has lost all his money in the gaming parlours of the Palais Royal in Paris. Contemplating suicide by throwing himself into the Seine, he is distracted by a bizarre object which promises to grant its possessor his every wish - but at a high price.
Main title:
The wild ass's skin / Honoré de Balzac ; introduction and notes by Patrick Coleman ; translated by Helen Constantine.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Collation:
288 p. ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780199579501 (pbk)
Dewey class:
FICTION
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
1583633
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