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The Purse

by Honore de Balzac
Clara Bell
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The Purse is a short story that makes up part of Honore de Balzac's epic cycle The Human Comedy. Daydreaming while working on a ladder, the painter Hippolyte Schinner accidentally falls and sustains an injury. Two neighbors—a mother and daughter—come to his aid, and he falls in love at first sight with the beautiful young woman, Adelaide. But over time, he begins to notice that the veneer of aristocratic gentility that the two project is not what it appears.

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Series: The Human Comedy Publisher: Duke Classics

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  • ISBN: 9781634210034
  • Release date: August 12, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9781634210034
  • File size: 176 KB
  • Release date: August 12, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9781634210034
  • File size: 174 KB
  • Release date: August 12, 2014

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Classic Literature Fiction Short Stories

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The Purse is a short story that makes up part of Honore de Balzac's epic cycle The Human Comedy. Daydreaming while working on a ladder, the painter Hippolyte Schinner accidentally falls and sustains an injury. Two neighbors—a mother and daughter—come to his aid, and he falls in love at first sight with the beautiful young woman, Adelaide. But over time, he begins to notice that the veneer of aristocratic gentility that the two project is not what it appears.

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Classic Literature Fiction Short Stories