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The Magic Skin

Author
Honore de Balzac
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
236 pages
ISBN
9781910660461
Published
15 January 2015
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Balzac
  • realism
  • France
  • French
  • historical
  • classics
  • thriller
  • novel
  • philosophical
  • psychological

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Description

Set in early 19th-century Paris, it tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen that fulfills his every desire. For each wish granted, however, the skin shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy. La Peau de chagrin belongs to the Etudes philosophiques group of Balzac's sequence of novels.

Author

Honore de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. Known for his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multifaceted characters, who are morally ambiguous. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.

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