
Honoré de Balzac · English
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Honoré de Balzac · English
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By Honore de Balzac Translated by Clara Bell and James Waring DEDICATION To Monsieur le Marquis de Belloy It was sitting by the fire, in a mysterious and magnificent retreat,—now a thing of the past but surviving in our memory, —whence our eyes commanded a view of Paris from the heights of Belleville to those of Belleville, from Montmartre to the triumphal Arc de l’Etoile, that one morning, refreshed by tea, amid the myriad

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