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Cousin Pons

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Pages: 280

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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 19
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Chapter 20
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Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
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Chapter 23
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Chapter 24
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Chapter 25
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Chapter 26
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Chapter 27
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Chapter 28
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Chapter 29
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Chapter 30
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Chapter 31
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About this book

The kindly, unworldly musician Sylvain Pons, a passionate collector of art, becomes the target of relatives and schemers greedy for his priceless collection, in a bitter, moving tale of ingratitude and predatory greed. Balzac paints a devastating picture of a good man destroyed by the avarice of those around him, redeemed only by the loyal friendship of his fellow musician Schmucke. Rich in character and social observation, Cousin Pons is one of the darkest and most powerful novels of the Human Comedy. A poignant study of innocence preyed upon by a mercenary world, it is Balzac at his most compassionate and his most scathing about the cruelty money breeds.

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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.