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Honoré de Balzac. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
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Translated by James Waring
SCENES FROM A COURTESAN’S LIFE
ESTHER HAPPY; OR, HOW A COURTESAN CAN LOVE
“I?”
DECEMBER 1847
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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“All the more so,” Rastignac went on, “because Lucien is a really clever fellow. These gentlemen have had proof of it more than once,” and he turned to Blondet, Finot, and Lousteau.
“Yes, the boy is cut out of the right stuff to get on,” said Lousteau, who was dying of jealousy. “And particularly because he has what we call independent ideas …”
