A Man of Business

ISBN-13: 9781514821268 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 54 str.

Honore De Balzac; Clara Bell

Opis

" ...]give any further description of these personages, all bearers of illustrious names in the _Comedie Humaine_. Young La Palferine, in spite of his title of Count and his great descent, which, alas means a great descent in fortune likewise, had honored the notary's little establishment with his presence. At dinner, in such a house, one does not expect to meet the patriarchal beef, the skinny fowl and salad of domestic and family life, nor is there any attempt at the hypocritical conversation of drawing-rooms furnished with highly respectable matrons. When, alas will respectability be charming? When will the ...]."