An Historical Mystery (The Gondreville Mystery)

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An Historical Mystery (The Gondreville Mystery) is credited to Honoré de Balzac. The book is credited as Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. The dedication is addressed To Monsieur de Margone, In grateful remembrance, from his guest at the Chateau de Sache. The contents list names, among others, chapters called JUDAS, A CRIME RELINQUISHED, THE MASK THROWN OFF and LAURENCE DE CINQ-CYGNE. The contents list also gives, among others, chapters called THE ARRESTS and THE TRIAL.

Michu’s action is described as so sudden and violent, the tone of his voice so alarming, that the men about him turned cold with fear. Mademoiselle de Cinq-Cygne is described as a cousin of the Simeuse brothers who had only one farm left for her maintenance.

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Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist whose vast Human Comedy, a connected series of novels and stories, is a monument of literary realism and one of the great achievements of world literature.