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Honore De Balzac
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), the great French novelist, was the author of The Human Comedy, a vast and delightful series of inter-connected novels that presents a comprehensive portrait of all walks of French society.
Jordan Stump, winner of the French-American Foundation Translation Prize, is the translator of more than six French novels, including the Modern Library edition of Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island, described as “breezy” and “blissfully readable” by Kirkus Reviews.
Adam Gopnik is the author of the national bestseller Paris to the Moon. He writes often on various subjects for The New Yorker.
From the Hardcover edition.
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), the great French novelist, was the author of The Human Comedy, a vast and delightful series of inter-connected novels that presents a comprehensive portrait of all walks of French society.
Jordan Stump, winner of the French-American Foundation Translation Prize, is the translator of more than six French novels, including the Modern Library edition of Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island, described as “breezy” and “blissfully readable” by Kirkus Reviews.
Adam Gopnik is the author of the national bestseller Paris to the Moon. He writes often on various subjects for The New Yorker.
From the Hardcover edition.
Cousin Bette
Written by Honore De Balzac
Translated by Kathleen Raine
Introduction by Francine Prose
Trade Paperback | Modern Library | Fiction - Classics
978-0-375-75907-9 (0-375-75907-7) | February 2002 | $13.00
Written by Honore De Balzac
Translated by Kathleen Raine
Introduction by Francine Prose
Trade Paperback | Modern Library | Fiction - Classics
978-0-375-75907-9 (0-375-75907-7) | February 2002 | $13.00
Lost Illusions
Written by Honore De Balzac
Translated by Kathleen Raine
Introduction by Richard Howard
Trade Paperback | Modern Library | Fiction - Classics
978-0-375-75790-7 (0-375-75790-2) | November 2001 | $15.95
Written by Honore De Balzac
Translated by Kathleen Raine
Introduction by Richard Howard
Trade Paperback | Modern Library | Fiction - Classics
978-0-375-75790-7 (0-375-75790-2) | November 2001 | $15.95
The Wrong Side of Paris
Written by Honore De Balzac
Translated by Jordan Stump
Introduction by Adam Gopnik
Trade Paperback | Modern Library | Fiction - Classics
978-0-8129-6675-6 (0-8129-6675-9) | April 2005 | $13.95
Written by Honore De Balzac
Translated by Jordan Stump
Introduction by Adam Gopnik
Trade Paperback | Modern Library | Fiction - Classics
978-0-8129-6675-6 (0-8129-6675-9) | April 2005 | $13.95
The Wrong Side of Paris
Written by Honore De Balzac
Translated by Jordan Stump
Introduction by Adam Gopnik
eBook | Modern Library | Fiction
978-1-58836-361-9 (1-58836-361-9) | December 2003 | $13.95
Written by Honore De Balzac
Translated by Jordan Stump
Introduction by Adam Gopnik
eBook | Modern Library | Fiction
978-1-58836-361-9 (1-58836-361-9) | December 2003 | $13.95