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The Black Sheep

of Honoré de Balzac, Donald Adamson (Translator)

Series: La Comédie Humaine #33

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Description

Formerly an aide-de-camp to Napoleon but now without prospects, Phillippe Bridau and his younger brother Joseph, a shiftless artist, become entangled in a struggle to recover the family inheritance in a world where "to be without money is to be without power."

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Classics Classics Fiction France French Literature 19th Century Literature Literary Fiction Novels Historical Fiction Classic Literature

Main Characters

Agathe Rouget Philippe Bridau Joseph Bridau Jean-Jacques Max Gilet

Book Details

  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 339 pages
  • Publisher Penguin Classics
  • Publication Date May 27th 1976
  • First Publication 10/30/42
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780140442373
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category Fiction
  • Scenario []

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