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Honore de Balzac
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Honore de Balzac
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
Parting Valentine Thought
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I like Lady M[ary] Cooke extreamly. You will be supriz'd at this Sentiment when she is the present Envy of her Sex, in the possession o...
Sunday, August 24, 2008
So
That's
Our Problem
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We're not poor enough: [T]his poor young man experienced that desperate poverty which is a kind of melting-pot whence great talents emer...
Friday, August 08, 2008
Learning the New Ways
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Il Teatro Buce last night featured a showing of The Duchess of Langeais , a sort of a French Mawsterpiece Theatre costume drama drawn from a...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Hopkirk and Balzac and Unremembered Memory
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History, said Marx, lies like a nightmare on the backs of the living. “Another Munich …” “Another Viet Nam …” “Another 9/11…” It’s remar...
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Balzac Brings Himself Full Circle
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God bless the brave or persistent soul who persuaded Modern Library to republish Balzac’s Wrong Side of Paris in a splendid new translation...
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