Le Député d’Arcis
The Member for Arcis
Also translated as The Deputy of Arcis
The Member for Arcis by Honoré de Balzac
Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac
Splendeurs et Misères des Courtisanes
Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life – Complete
Also translated as Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans and A Harlot High and Low
Includes four parts:
Esther Happy/How Girls Love
What Love Costs an Old Man
The End of Evil Ways
Vautrin’s Last Avatar/The Last Incarnation of Vautrin
Poor Relations: Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac
Les Parents pauvres: Le Cousin Pons
Poor Relations: Cousin Pons
It is October 1844, and a sixty-year old man in respectable but threadbare and extremely out of fashion clothes is hurrying down the Boulevard des Italiens in Paris. He has a pleasant look on his face and is in a good humor. The man is, shall we say, ugly, but not so that anyone would laugh at him. But too ugly to gain the love of a woman, alas. (more…)
