Overview
Handsome would-be poet Lucien Chardon is poor and naive, but highly ambitious. Failing to make his name in his dull provincial hometown, he is taken up by a patroness, the captivating married woman Madame de Bargeton, and prepares to forge his way in the glamorous beau monde of Paris.
- | By (Author): Honore de Balzac
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- | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- | Publication Date: Sep 26, 1985
- | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
- | Number of Pages: 560 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback|Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0140442324
- | ISBN-13: 9780140442328