The Cursed Child maudit by Honoré de Balzac

The Cursed Child maudit

La Comédie Humaine #75

Honoré de Balzac with Laurent Poret (Translator)

99 pages first pub 1831 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced
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A merciless Breton lord does not want the premature child of seven months, therefore failed, that his wife Jeanne will bring into the world. He decides to kill this damned child and calls a doctor, half midwife, half executioner, for this purpose....

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