{"product_id":"the-duchesse-de-langeais-book-honore-de-balzac-9781598189865","title":"The Duchesse de Langeais, Book Two of 'The Thirteen' by Honore de Balzac, Fiction, Literary, Historical","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e Book II of Balzac's 'The Thirteen'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\". . . I know there was a time when I used to like it best of all, and thought not merely \u003cem\u003eEugenie Grandet, \u003c\/em\u003e but \u003cem\u003eLe Pere Goriot\u003c\/em\u003e (though not the \u003cem\u003ePeau de Chagrin), \u003c\/em\u003e dull in comparison. \u003c\/strong\u003eSome attention, however, must be paid to two remarkable characters, on whom it is quite clear that Balzac expended a great deal of pains, and one of whom he seems to have 'caressed, ' as the French say, with a curious admixture of dislike and admiration. . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-- George Saintsbury\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Honore De Balzac\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1598189867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598189865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aegypan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Honore De Balzac","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47637263417599,"sku":"9781598189865","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6917f986-797d-40c6-9eac-efa69bb154b2.jpg?v=1765115050","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-duchesse-de-langeais-book-honore-de-balzac-9781598189865","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}