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The Maid Of Thilouse by Honore de Balzac
The lord of Valennes, a pleasant place, of which the castle is not far from the town of Thilouse, had…
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The Merry Jests Of King Louis The Eleventh by Honore de Balzac
King Louis The Eleventh was a merry fellow, loving a good joke, and– the interests of his position as king,…
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The Merry Tattle Of The Nuns Of Poissy by Honore de Balzac
The Abbey of Poissy has been rendered famous by old authors as a place of pleasure, where the misconduct of…
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The Recruit by Honore de Balzac
The Recruit, alternatively translated as The Conscript, is an interesting story about time and space.At times they saw him, by…
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The Red Inn by Honore de Balzac
In I know not what year a Parisian banker, who had very extensive commercial relations with Germany, was entertaining at…
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The Reproach by Honore de Balzac
The fair laundress of Portillon-les-Tours, of whom a droll saying has already been given in this book, was a girl…
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The Sermon Of The Merry Vicar Of Meudon by Honore de Balzac
When, for the last time, came Master Francis Rabelais, to the court of King Henry the Second of the name,…
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The Three Clerks Of Saint Nicholas by Honore de Balzac
The Inn of the Three Barbels was formerly at Tours, the best place in the town for sumptuous fare; and…
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The Venial Sin by Honore de Balzac
How the Good Man Bruyn Took a Wife Messire Bruyn, he who completed the Castle of Roche-Corbon-les- Vouvray, on the…
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