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At the Sign of the Cat and Racket — Honoré de Balzac

At the Sign of the Cat and Racket

Honoré de Balzac

  • Stories
  • Book language: English
  • 54 pages

At the Sign of the Cat and Racket is a novella from Balzac's La Comédie humaine, set around an old Parisian draper's shop. It follows a shopkeeper's family, especially a daughter, and the social and emotional tensions when she marries an artist. A subtle study of class, art, and domestic life.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKET
  2. Translated by Clara Bell
  3. DEDICATION To Mademoiselle Marie de Montheau
  4. AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKET ADDENDUM
  5. AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKET
  6. ADDENDUM
  7. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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