The Duchesse of LangeaisHonoré de Balzac
The Duchesse of Langeais
by OpenStories
Original author: Honoré de Balzac
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"The Duchesse of Langeais" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1834. A decorated General becomes obsessed with a married aristocrat who delights in flirtation but denies him her affections before vanishing entirely. With help from a mysterious occult society called The Thirteen, he tracks her to a remote Spanish monastery where she has taken vows. This portrait of Parisian society explores the dangerous games played between desire and power in post-Napoleonic France.
The Duchesse of Langeais, by Honoré de Balzac. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #469.
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