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    Ass's Skin (La Peau de chagrin, 1831) The Quest of the Absolute (La Recherche de l'Absolu, 1834, a.k.a. Alkahest) Christ in Flanders (Jésus-Christ en Flandre...
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    La Grande Bretèche is a short story by Honoré de Balzac published in 1831. It is one of the Scènes de la vie privée of La Comédie humaine. Dr. Horace...
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  • Jésus-Christ en Flandre (English "Christ in Flanders") is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1831 and is one of the Études philosophiques...
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    L'Élixir de longue vie (English "The Elixir of Life") is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1830 and is one of the Études philosophiques...
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    p. 61 Scènes de la vie militaire et Scènes de la vie de campagne. 1874, Hébert et Cie. 1874. Retrieved 13 January 2022. Scènes de la vie privée : Maison...
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    Eugénie Grandet (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    Grandet then fitted into the section: Scenes from provincial life (Scènes de la vie de province) in the Comédie. He dedicated the edition to Maria Du Fresnay...
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    (1861). Le Denier de Saint Pierre. (1861). L'Eglise. (1862). Divinité de N.S. Jésus-Christ, ou Jésus-Christ est-il un Dieu? (1862). La Confession. (1862)...
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    Illusions perdues (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    novels, La Rabouilleuse (The Black Sheep, 1842), that is set in Paris and in the provinces. It forms part of the Scènes de la vie de province in La Comédie...
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    Margaret Mary Alacoque (category Visions of Jesus and Mary)
    Alacoque – Sa vie par elle-même – Life by herself. Paris-Fribourg: Saint-Paul. ISBN 2-85049-153-5. Alain Denizot (1994). Le Sacré-Cœur et la Grande Guerre....
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    La Peau de chagrin (French pronunciation: [la po də ʃaɡʁɛ̃], The Skin of Shagreen), known in English as The Magic Skin and The Wild Ass's Skin, is an...
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