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A Daughter of Eve

With Ellen Marriage

Translated by Ellen Marriage

Two sisters experience very different marriages, and one is saved from a disastrous liaison.

First published
1895
Length
45,423 words
Reading time
About 3 hr 10 min
Language
English (US)

About the book

Marie-Angélique and Marie-Eugénie are two sisters raised in a very strict household, who marry very different men: the former a cutthroat banker, the latter a man who has given his wife everything she needs save money, but who lacks any adventure in his spirit. In short, he’s boring. This leads Marie-Eugénie to make some bad decisions, and it will take quick thinking and bold action if she is to be saved from certain disaster.

Although one of Balzac’s shorter novels, A Daughter of Eve is full of the richly drawn characters that are his hallmark, and demonstrates less of the cynicism that is common in his Human Comedy .

First published 1895; the Read4Max reading text contains approximately 45,423 words arranged in 12 navigable sections.

The source metadata identifies Annotator: Ellen Marriage; Translator: Ellen Marriage.

About the author

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) is described by Wikidata as French novelist and playwright (1799–1850), with citizenship or national association recorded as France.

Recorded occupations include novelist, literary critic, writer, prose writer, journalist, and art critic. Languages recorded for Honoré de Balzac include French. The structured record associates Honoré de Balzac with literary realism. Wikidata lists Père Goriot, The Human Comedy, Illusions perdues, Eugénie Grandet, Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, and La Peau de chagrin among Honoré de Balzac's notable works. Open Library identifies The Fatal Skin ... Translated ... by Cedar Paul (Novel Library.) as a leading work in its author record. Open Library catalogs 1 works under this author record. The Read4Max catalog currently includes A Daughter of Eve, A Marriage Settlement, A Start in Life, A Woman of Thirty, Albert Savarus, Eugénie Grandet, and Letters of Two Brides under Honoré de Balzac's authorship.

Contributors

Annotator

Ellen Marriage

Translator

Ellen Marriage

Reading options

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Themes and ideas

  • France--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction
  • Historical fiction, French
  • French fiction

Table of contents

Open reader
  1. Dedication
  2. A Daughter of Eve
  3. I
  4. II
  5. III
  6. IV
  7. V
  8. VI
  9. VII
  10. VIII
  11. IX
  12. Endnotes