Fiction · 1844
Modeste Mignon
Honoré de Balzac · translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
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Contents
- Dedication
- Chapter I — The Chalet
- Chapter II — A Portrait from Life
- Chapter III — Preliminaries
- Chapter IV — A Simple Story
- Chapter V — The Problem Still Unsolved
- Chapter VI — A Maiden’s First Romance
- Chapter VII — A Poet of the Angelic School
- Chapter VIII — Blade to Blade
- Chapter IX — The Power of the Unseen
- Chapter X — The Marriage of Souls
- Chapter XI — What Comes of Correspondence
- Chapter XII — A Declaration of Love,—Set to Music
- Chapter XIII — A Full-Length Portrait of Monsieur de la Briere
- Chapter XIV — Matters Grown Complicated
- Chapter XV — A Father Steps in
- Chapter XVI — Disenchanted
- Chapter XVII — A Third Suitor
- Chapter XVIII — A Splendid First Appearance
- Chapter XIX — Of Which the Author Thinks a Good Deal
- Chapter XX — The Poet Does His Exercises
- Chapter XXI — Modeste Plays Her Part
- Chapter XXII — A Riddle Guessed
- Chapter XXIII — Butscha Distinguishes Himself
- Chapter XXIV — The Poet Feels That He Is Loved Too Well
- Chapter XXV — A Diplomatic Letter
- Chapter XXVI — True Love
- Chapter XXVII — A Girl’s Revenge
- Chapter XXVIII — Modeste Behaves with Dignity
- Chapter XXIX — Conclusion
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About the author
1799–1850 · Romantic
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) naît à Tours. Après des études de droit, il se lance dans l’imprimerie et l’édition ; ces entreprises échouent et le laissent, dès 1828, endetté de plus de soixante mille francs. Il revient à l’écriture : Les Chouans (1829) est son premier roman publié sous son nom. Il conçoit ensuite La Comédie humaine, un cycle de plus de quatre-vingt-dix romans et nouvelles retraçant la société française de son temps, dont Eugénie Grandet (1833) et Le Père Goriot (1835). Après dix-huit ans de correspondance, il épouse la comtesse polonaise Ewelina Hańska en mars 1850 ; il meurt à Paris cinq mois plus tard.
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