An Episode under the Terror by Honoré de Balzac
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"An Episode under the Terror" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story published in 1830. Set during the Reign of Terror in 1793, it follows an elderly ex-Carmelite nun and her companions hiding in Paris as they practice their faith in secret. When a mysterious stranger offers protection and requests a mass for the executed King Louis XVI, they accept his help. But the stranger's true identity will prove both shocking
and morally complex, revealing an unexpected connection to the revolution's darkest deeds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Bell, Clara, 1834-1927 |
| Title | An Episode under the Terror |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un_%C3%A9pisode_sous_la_Terreur |
| Credits | Produced by Dagny, and Bonnie Sala, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1456 |
| Release Date | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Last Update | Apr 4, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 498 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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