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008			101105s1998 nyu d 000 1 eng
010			_a00267421
020			_a9780786705610
050	0	0	_aPQ2167.F5 _bE5 1998
082	0	0	_aFIC BAL
100	1		_aBalzac, Honore de _d(1799-1850)
240	1	0	_aFille aux yeux d'or _l. English
245	1	4	_aThe girl with the golden eyes _c/ Honoré de Balzac ; translated by Carol Cosman
250			_a1st Carroll & Graf ed
260			_aNew York _b: Carroll & Graf Publishers _c, 1998.
300			_a119 p. _c; 21 cm.
520			_aA 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.
651			_aFrance _x-Social life and customs _y-19th century _v--Fiction
700	1		_aCosman, Carol
942			_cMO
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