The Hidden Masterpiece
English translation · Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
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Paris, December 1612: a poor young man climbs the stairs to the studio of the painter François Porbus, hoping to meet the master. On the landing he meets an old man in lace ruffles whose face unsettles him. Balzac's story, in two chapters, is given here in Katharine Prescott Wormeley's translation. The old man is the painter Frenhofer, and the tale turns on a canvas he has worked on for years and will show no one; it first appeared in French in 1831.
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Book facts
- Author
- Honoré de Balzac
- Reading time
- About 45 minutes
- Pages
- 21
- Language
- English
- Genre
- French Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online