The Works of Honore de Balzac - 32 Volume Set

These Thirty Two Volumes Are Bound In Red Cloth With Paper Labels On The Spines. Each Volume Is Illustrated With Several Photogravures Depicting Scenes From Balzac's Stories.  It Is A Fine Collection Of Nineteenth Century Literature Which Also Contains A Fifty Page Biography Of Balzac.  This is An Important Collection Containing Material Which Not Only Changed The Shape Of Literature During Balzac's Lifetime But Also Influenced Writers For More Than A Century After His Death. The stories Included In This Set Are: The Magic Skin, The Country Doctor, The Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau, The Secrets of a Princess, The Country Parson, A Distinguished Provincial At Paris, Beatrix, Lost Delusions, The Lily of the Valley, The Firm of Nucingen, A Daughter of Eve, Letters of Two Brides, A Marriage Settlement, A Woman of Thirty, About Catherine de Medici, Gambara, The Quest of The Absolute, Ursule Mirouet, Cousin Betty, The Peasantry, Scenes From a Courtesan's Life, Cousin Pons, The Gondreville Mystery, The Muse of The Department, Modeste Mignon, A Bachelor's Establishment, Honorine, At The Sign of the Cat and Racket, Seraphita, Eugenie Grandet, The Thirteen, The Middle Classes, The Government Clerks, The Jealousies of a Country Town, The Commission in Lunacy, The Chouans, A Passion in the Desert, The Seamy Side of History, The Member for Arcis, and Father Groiot. The set also contains many other short stories. Some of the books contain a former owner's bookplate and some of the hinges have been reinforced. The top edges of the pages are gilded. This is a fine collection of literature which will make a wonderful addition to any library.