The Girl with the Golden Eyes by Honoré de Balzac
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"The Girl with the Golden Eyes" by Honoré de Balzac is a novella published in 1835. This dark tale of obsession follows Henri de Marsay, a wealthy heir who becomes infatuated with the mysterious and beautiful Paquita Valdes. He devises a plan to seduce her, but his success leads to a disturbing discovery about her other lover. What begins as a story of desire spirals into jealousy, violence, and a shocking revelation
that connects de Marsay to Paquita in an unexpected way. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Marriage, Ellen, 1865-1946 |
| Title | The Girl with the Golden Eyes |
| Note | Third part of the trilogy "The Thirteen." |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Fille_aux_yeux_d%27or |
| Credits | Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 66.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Siblings -- Fiction |
| Subject | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
| Subject | France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1659 |
| Release Date | Sep 19, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 942 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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