"The Magic Skin" by Honoré de Balzac (translated by Ellen Marriage). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Honoré de Balzac. The Magic Skin
The Magic Skin
Table of Contents
I. THE TALISMAN
II. A WOMAN WITHOUT A HEART
III. THE AGONY
EPILOGUE
“And what became of Pauline?”
ADDENDUM
The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy
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Honoré de Balzac
Published by Good Press, 2019
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He accounted for this phenomenon categorically to the old man, who only smiled meaningly by way of answer. His superior smile led the young scientific man to fancy that he himself had been deceived by some imposture. He had no wish to carry one more puzzle to his grave, and hastily turned the skin over, like some child eager to find out the mysteries of a new toy.
“Ah,” he cried, “here is the mark of the seal which they call in the East the Signet of Solomon.”
