Balzac: 1669 books

The young aristocrat Raphael de Valentin, after losing all his fortune to pay his father's debts, intends to commit suicide. He comes by chance to an antique dealer, where an old man shows him "a skin of sorrow" with the power to grant all the wishes of his owner: "If you own me, you will own everything, but your life will belong to me".

In Saumur, Félix Grandet (father Grandet) has built up, thanks to numerous land speculations, a fortune that is equal only to his avarice. He reigns as a tyrant over his entourage: his wife, his only daughter, Eugenie, and his servant Nanon. He locks everything up, and rations the whole house. On...

The Comte de Fontaine, head of one of the oldest families in Poitou, had served the Bourbon cause with intelligence and bravery during the war in La Vendee against the Republic. After having escaped all the dangers which threatened the royalist leaders during this stormy period of modern history,...

At the end of 1612, the young painter Nicolas Poussin presented himself at the door of Porbus, the great painter he worshipped. He takes advantage of the old master Frenhofer to follow him and enter. In the studio, he was fascinated by a painting commissioned by Marie de Médicis, Mary the Egyptian,...

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Escritores do século 18 ao 20, entre escritores clássicos e renovadores da Ficção Científica, criam contos em que o amor e o sexo vencem os limites do tempo e da morte e onde máquinas estendem para além do imaginável as paixões e os prazeres.

Instead of memorizing vocabulary words, work your way through an actual well-written novel. Even novices can follow along as each individual English paragraph is paired with the corresponding Polish paragraph. It won't be an easy project, but you'll learn a lot.

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts,...

Certain persons have reproached the Author for knowing no more about the language of the olden times than hares do of telling stories. Formerly these people would have been vilified, called cannibals, churls, and sycophants, and Gomorrah would have been hinted at as their natal place. But the Author...

At the dawn of an October day in 1827 a young fellow about sixteen years of age, whose clothing proclaimed what modern phraseology so insolently calls a proletary, was standing in a small square of Lower Provins. At that early hour he could examine without being observed the various houses surrounding...

One of the pieces that constituted the "Human Comedy" this work comments on attitudes and feelings of people. An enrapturing insight into the characters allows the readers to associate with them. A sense of reality and foreboding pervades the whole work. Captivating!