Honoré de Balzac published by DemoPublisher
Romance
published 550 days ago
about 72512 words

It was a Sunday morning in the beginning of April 1813, a morning which gave promise of one of those bright days when Parisians, for the first time in the year, behold dry pavements underfoot and a cloudless sky overhead. It was not yet noon when a luxurious cabriolet, drawn by two spirited horses, turned out of the Rue de Castiglione into the Rue de Rivoli, and drew up behind a row of carriages standing before the newly opened barrier half-way down the Terrasse de Feuillants. The owner of the carriage looked anxious and out of health; the thin hair on his sallow temples, turning gray already, gave a look of premature age to his face...

Chap. #	Title	# Words
1	DEDICATION	10
2	I. EARLY MISTAKES	26315
3	II. A HIDDEN GRIEF	8080
4	III. AT THIRTY YEARS	8630
5	IV. THE FINGER OF GOD	5193
6	V. TWO MEETINGS	18614
7	VI. THE OLD AGE OF A GUILTY MOTHER	5467
8	ADDENDUM	203