Balzac is concerned with the choice between ruthless self-gratification and asceticism, dissipation and restraint, in a novel that is powerful in its symbolism and realistic depiction of decadence.
| ISBN: | 9780140443301 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 1977 |
| Author: | Honoré de Balzac |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary |