...ll A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Honorine by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Honorine by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- ... ...for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Honorine by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Honorine by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Cl... ...ted, she was told—”By the Sisters of Charity in the neigh- borhood —by the Maternity Society—by the parish priest, who took an interest in her.” “ ‘Th... ...I bought and paid for one of the handsom- est houses in the Faubourg Saint-Honore. If I win back Honorine, I will not allow her to see this house agai... ...whom I hope to keep on good terms. But I like my solitude too well to bur- den it with any loss of independence.’ “ ‘As you please,’ said I, and with ... ...I am decorating, with great pleasure, another house, in the Faubourg Saint-Honore, to which, in hope, I conduct not a wife whom I owe to her ignorance...

...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication An Old Maid by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication An Old Maid by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. An Old Maid by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. An Old Maid by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...m in the pillory—in short, understand; threaten him with the ladies of the Maternity Hospital. Besides, he’s ambitious. A man succeeds through his wif... ...oing, monsieur,” replied Suzanne, “to Madame Granson, the treasurer of the Maternity Society, who, to my knowledge, has saved many a poor girl in my c... ...et. Parisian customs, said the community , were about to triumph over time-honored provincial ways. The marriage of Jacquelin and Josette now took pla... ...ked together, talking of the dear deceased, until they reached the forbid- den house, into which Mademoiselle Armande enticed Ma- dame du Bousquier by...

...The T wo Brothers by Honore de Balzac T ranlated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic... ...The T wo Brothers by Honore de Balzac T ranlated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Cl... ...y A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of th... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...tate Electronic Classics Series Publication The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...ffer. T o my mind, such deeds contain great lessons for the Family and for Maternity. We shall some day realize, perhaps too late, the effects produce... ... “That’s were I lost my missing arm!” he said. “Coloquinte, look after the den. I’m going up to see my nephew.” The two soldiers mounted to the fourth... ..., which seem the life, as it were, of sentiment, and to be as necessary to maternity as to love. Desroches, who came once a week to see the widow of h... ... pregnant, and who came upon him suddenly while stealing fruit in her gar- den. Threatened with the guillotine by Gilet, who doubtless wanted to get r...

Excerpt: The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

...The Country Doctor by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell A Penn State Electro... ...The Country Doctor by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell A Penn State Electronic... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Country Doctor by Honoré de Balzad, trans. Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell is a publication of the Pen... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac The Country Doctor by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage... ...the charm about it peculiar to a lonely house surrounded by water and hid- den away behind the heads of a few trees that love to grow by the water-sid... ...andant. 33 Balzac They went through the dining-room, and reached the gar- den by way of a sort of vestibule at the foot of the staircase between the ... ...ife, who became very necessary to me, for I lost a great deal of time over maternity cases. The stubbed wastes yielded excellent harvests, and the sup...

...Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series ... ... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tr... ...er in almond-paste, eau-de-Portu- gal, and hair-oil, and was only too much honored when my only daughter was married to the son of Monsieur le Baron H... ...fumer, successor to Cesar Birotteau at the /Queen of the Roses/, Rue Saint-Honore,” added Crevel, in mocking tones. “Deputy-mayor, captain in the Nati... ...and then, as if ashamed of having said too much, she ran out into the gar- den. “Then I shall break the mould and the model as soon as I go home,” sai... ...loor of a modern house in the Rue Vanneau, between a fore-court and a gar- den, was redolent of respectability. All its luxury was in good chintz hang... ... a mother—that miracle of nature which Raphael so perfectly understood—the maternity of the brain, in short, which is so difficult to develop, is lost...

...An Historical Mystery by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...An Historical Mystery by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication An Historical Mystery by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...Electronic Classics Series Publication An Historical Mystery by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...oman as an appendage to man, limiting her sphere to the physical duties of maternity; demanding perfection in that respect, but re- garding her mental... ...xperts, who had compared the hoof-prints with the shoes on the horses rid- den by the five prisoners and found them absolutely alike, confirmed their ... ...their Emperor. If I fail—well, the memory of that man shall live eternally honored in our family. Present his petition for mercy so as to gain time; m...

...ormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Paz by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...eley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Paz by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...t or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Paz by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...r for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Paz by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...la Pepiniere, is one of these creations, and stands between court and gar- den. On the right, in the court, are the kitchens and offices; to the left ... ...cts. These carnival follies had their special Pandemonium in the rue Saint-Honore and their Napoleon in Musard, a small man born expressly to lead an ... ...man I loved was the mainspring of all I did. I have known the pleasures of maternity in my love. I accepted life thus. Like the paupers who live along...

Excerpt: Paz by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

...The Lesser Bourgeoisie (The Middle Classes) by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...The Lesser Bourgeoisie (The Middle Classes) by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...lectronic Classics Series Publication The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ... the failure of the hopes she had set upon her idol, she had too much real maternity in her feeling for 12 The Lesser Bourgeoisie him to let herself ... ...h dignity; he has kept himself a father in their eyes; he insists on being honored in his home, just as he himself honors power and his superiors. He ... ...d upon the meaning of the young Provencal barrister, declaring that men so honored by the confidence of the government should imitate royalty and enco... ...pant,—the mayor. This vast building, standing between a courtyard and gar- den, is noticeable as a specimen of the style, both noble and 81 Balzac el... ...” cried Dutocq. Just then Colleville and la Peyrade returned from the gar- den the very best friends in the world. “Messieurs,” said Brigitte, “the so...

...The Vicar of T ours by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...The Vicar of T ours by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Vicar of Tours by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Vicar of Tours by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...8 The Vicar of Tours envy of Chapeloud’s apartment became a monomania hid- den within his breast. T o live there, to sleep in that bed with the silk c... ...laws in their bosom is the noblest of passions; it is, as one may say, the maternity of the masses; to give birth to new peoples, to produce new ideas...

Excerpt: The Vicar of Tours by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

...The Village Rector by Honoré de Balzac Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Seri... ...The Village Rector by Honoré de Balzac Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series ... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Village Rector by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Village Rector by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...e Sauviat had the hips and bosom of a woman made by Nature ex- pressly for maternity. If this strong girl were not earlier married, the fault must be ... ...hand—was it divine or devilish?—raised the veil which, till then, had hid- den nature from her. The Little Virgin still existing in the beautiful youn... ...s gentle, and she continued to live on, hoping always for the happiness of maternity. “Did you notice Madame Graslin this morning?” the women would sa... ...hical map, while the thatched roof, blooming like a flower-gar- 75 Balzac den, seemed to be giving way beneath the weight of stone- crop. After beggi...

Excerpt: The Village Rector by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

...t Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of th... ...ley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ... on each side, one looking down upon the court-yard, the other on the gar- den. These windows, rising almost to the level of the roof, have slender, d... ... the value of independence, and was conscious of disgust for the duties of maternity. It is necessary to give these details to explain the anomalies p... ... the suppleness nor the soft abandonment of those whom Nature destines for maternity; their gait is not broken by fal- tering motions. This observatio... ...m here,” he said. Mademoiselle des T ouches showed the utmost fear; a sud- den flush colored her impassible face with tints of fire. Dur- ing this str...

...Excerpt: Note. It is somewhat remarkable that Balzac, dealing as he did with traits of character and the minute and daily circumstances of life, has never been accused of representing actual persons in the two or three thousand portraits which he painted of human nature....

...Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...ley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of th... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ... State Electronic Classics Series Publication Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...yperbole which alone can fully express her im- 6 Modeste Mignon passioned maternity. “How handsome he is, that son of mine!” she says to her little f... ...suous; the waist, which was supple and yet not fragile, had no terrors for maternity, like those of girls who seek beauty by the fatal pressure of a c... ...tood. I saw clearly how the roses in my garden had long adored me and bid- den me love; they lifted their heads and smiled as I came back from church... ...She accompanied her father and Dumay to the carriage stationed at the gar- den-gate, and said to Desplein at parting, her eyes shining with hope,— “An...

Excerpt: Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

...The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...lectronic Classics Series Publication The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...ademoiselle Caroline, “he has opened the faucet of the reservoir; the gar- den is inundated!” Then there was a general excitement. The fact was that m... ...of the mass. My elder brother appeared to absorb the trifling sentiment of maternity which was in her nature. She stabbed us constantly with her sharp... ...hable young woman made miserable beside him and doomed to the an- guish of maternity without its joys—this uprising of his former into his present lif... ...Do not add to my sufferings; you do not know them all; those that are hid- den are the worst to bear. If you were a woman you would know the melanchol... ...your lives on our account. It is for us to die, for you to live, great and honored. For us the dagger in your hand; for you our pardoning love. Does t...

...Excerpt: ENVOI. Felix de Vandenesse to Madame la Comtesse Natalie de Manerville: I yield to your wishes. It is the privilege of the women whom we love more than they love us to make the men who love them ignore the ordinary rules of common-sense. ...

...eley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Ursula by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...y A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Ursula by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsyl-... ...r for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Ursula by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...or the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Ursula by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Univer- ... ...ard to his hotel on which was written “To-morrow; nine o’clock, Rue Saint- Honore, opposite the Assumption.” Minoret, who seemed to have renewed his y... ...ur years the two antagonists met beneath a porte- cochere in the Rue Saint-Honore. Frenchmen have too many distractions of mind to hate each other lon... ...et, and telling the young nobleman that in his new position he was forbid- den by the rules of the supreme court, and also by his respect for law, to ... ... this nature. Madame Minoret, whose heart had no other tender feeling than maternity, became insane after the burial of her son, and was taken by her ...

Excerpt: Ursula by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

...The Marriage Contract by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic... ...The Marriage Contract by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Cl... ...ate Electronic Classic Series Publication The Marriage Contract by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publica- tion of the Pen... ... Electronic Classic Series Publication The Marriage Contract by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publica- tion of the Pennsy... ...fourteen months hence? You ought not to deprive her of the benefits of her maternity.” “Mathias,” cried Paul, in deep distress, “there are two sorts o... ...not? Madame Evangelista was strong and healthy; she had nothing to fear in maternity. Y ou will tell me, perhaps, that these are the old-fashioned not...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Pro and con monsieur de manerville, the father, was a worthy Norman gentleman, well known to the Marechael de Richelieu, who married him to one of the richest heiresses of Bordeaux in the days when the old duke reigned in Guienne as governor. The...

...The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Serie... ...age A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ... State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State University,... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...ound a coop of chickens. Tormented by inexpressible terror, I flung a sud- den clairvoyant glance round me, and feeling quite sure that I was seen by ... ...s struggles, the voice that cries, ‘Courage! Go forward!’ in spite of sud- den revelations of my own strength in my solitude; in spite of the hopes th... ...d graceful appearance, and may perhaps wish to avoid the disfigurements of maternity. Is not this one of your strongest reasons for refusing a too imp...