The girl with the golden eyes / Honoré de Balzac ; translated by Carol Cosman

A new translation of an unforgettable tale of lesbianism & love by one of the giants of world literature. Outside the Cafe des Feuillants, Henri de Marsay, an Adonis who believed neither in man nor woman, God or the Devil, falls in love at first sight with Paquita Valdes, the girl with the golden eyes. In a white boudoir of fantastic luxury she becomes his mistress for the night. Paquita is in love with the Marquise de San-Real, who is Henri's half-sister. Now she loves the saame person in two forms. When Henri discovers that Paquita has another lover he is moved to enact vengeance, & brother & sister confront each other in a blood-spattered room. This thrilling work that explores the dark side of Parisian society is part of a trilogy of novellas that make up the authors important History of the Thirteen. This new translation of the novella which inspired A.S. Byatt when working on Possession is the only edition available specifically rendered for the American reader.