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This edition presents high-quality facsimiles of both the original manuscript and a corrected printed edition of the first part of Balzac’s Illusions Perdues, titled Les deux poètes. The reproduction allows readers to study Balzac’s original hand and the editorial corrections side by side.
First publish date: 1837
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Honoré de Balzac
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