Le Peau de Chagrin by Honoré de Balzac

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fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
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Balzac is concerned with the choice between ruthless self-gratification and asceticism, dissipation and restraint, in a novel that is powerful in its symbolism and realistic depiction of decadence.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the ...

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