Balzac is concerned with the choice between ruthless self-gratification and asceticism, dissipation and restraint, in a novel that is powerful in its symbolism and realistic depiction of decadence.
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- ISBN10 0344338177
- ISBN13 9780344338175
- Publish Date 27 October 2018 (first published 30 June 1977)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Imprint Franklin Classics Trade Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 308
- Language English