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Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac (Tours, 1799-París, 1850), el novelista francés más relevante de la primera mitad del siglo XIX y uno de los grandes escritores de todos los tiempos, fue autor de una portentosa y vasta obra literaria, cuyo núcleo central, la Comedia humana, a la que pertenece Eugenia Grandet, no tiene parangón en ninguna otra época anterior o posterior.
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HONORÉ DE BALZAC
Pamela Giraud
Parts Edition
By Delphi Classics, 2014
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‘Pamela Giraud’
Honoré de Balzac: Parts Edition (in 116 parts)
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Honoré de Balzac: Parts Edition
This eBook is Part 107 of the Delphi Classics edition of Honoré de Balzac in 116 Parts. It features the unabridged text of Pamela Giraud from the bestselling edition of the author’s Collected Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of Honoré de Balzac, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.
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HONORÉ DE BALZAC
IN 116 VOLUMES
Parts Edition Contents
Scenes from Private Life
1, At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
2, The Ball at Sceaux
3, Letters of Two Brides
4, The Purse
5, Modeste Mignon
6, A Start in Life
7, Albert Savarus
8, Vendetta
9, A Second Home
10, Domestic Peace
11, Madame Firmiani
12, Study of a Woman
13, The Imaginary Mistress
14, A Daughter of Eve
15, The Message
16, The Grand Breteche
17, La Grenadiere
18, The Deserted Woman
19, Honorine
20, Beatrix
21, Gobseck
22, A Woman of Thirty
23, Father Goriot
24, Colonel Chabert
25, The Atheist’s Mass
26, The Commission in Lunacy
27, The Marriage Contract
28, Another Study of Woman
Scenes from Provincial Life
29, Ursule Mirouet
30, Eugenie Grandet
The Celibates
31, Pierrette
32, The Vicar of Tours
33, The Two Brothers
Parisians in the Country
34, The Illustrious Gaudissart
35, The Muse of the Department
36, The Old Maid
37, The Collection of Antiquities
Lost Illusions
38, Two Poets
39, A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
40, Eve and David
The Thirteen
41, Ferragus
42, The Duchesse de Langeais
43, Girl with the Golden Eyes
44, Rise and Fall of César Birotteau
45, The Firm of Nucingen
Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life
46, Esther Happy: How a Courtesan Can Love
47, What Love Costs an Old Man
48, The End of Evil Ways
49, Vautrin’s Last Avatar
50, Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
51, Facino Cane
52, Sarrasine
53, Pierre Grassou
The Poor Relations
54, Cousin Betty
55, Cousin Pons
56, A Man of Business
57, A Prince of Bohemia
58, Gaudissart II
59, Bureaucracy
60, Unconscious Comedians
61, The Lesser Bourgeoisie
The Seamy Side of History
62, Madame de La Chanterie
63, The Initiate
Scenes from Political Life
64, An Episode Under the Terror
65, An Historical Mystery
66, The Deputy of Arcis
67, Monsieur de Sallenauve
68, Z. Marcas
Scenes from Military Life
69, The Chouans
70, A Passion in the Desert
Scenes from Country Life
71, Sons of the Soil
72, The Country Doctor
73, The Village Rector
74, The Lily of the Valley
PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES
75, The Magic Skin
76, Christ in Flanders
77, Melmoth Reconciled
78, The Unknown Masterpiece
79, Gambara
80, Massimilla Doni
81, The Alkahest
82, The Hated Son
83, Farewell
84, Juana
85, The Recruit
86, El Verdugo
87, A Drama on the Seashore
88, Maitre Cornelius
89, The Red Inn
Catherine de’ Medici
90, The Calvinist Martyr
91, The Secrets of the Ruggieri
92, The Two Dreams
93, The Elixir of Life
94, The Exiles
95, Louis Lambert
96, Seraphita
ANALYTICAL STUDIES
97, Physiology of Marriage
98, Little Miseries of Conjugal Life
Pathology of Social Life
99, Traité de La Vie Élégante
100, Théorie de La Démarche
101, Traité Des Excitants Modernes
The Short Stories
102, Droll Stories
103, The Napoleon of the People
The Plays
104, Introduction to Balzac’s Dramas by J. Walker Mcspadden
105, Vautrin
106, The Resources of Quinola
107, Pamela Giraud
108, The Stepmother
109, Mercadet
The Criticism
110, The Criticism
The Biographies
111, Honoré de Balzac by Albert Keim and Louis Lumet
112, Honoré de Balzac, His Life and Writings by Mary F. Sandars
113, Balzac and Madame Hanska by Elbert Hubbard
114, Balzac by Frederick Lawton
115, Women in the Life of Balzac by Juanita Helm Floyd
116, Glossary of Characters in ‘La Comédie Humaine’
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Pamela Giraud
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
Presented for the First Time at Paris at the
Theatre de la Gaite, September 26, 1843
CONTENTS
PERSONS OF THE PLAY
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
PERSONS OF THE PLAY
General de Verby
Dupre, a lawyer
Rousseau, a wealthy merchant
Jules Rousseau, his son
Joseph Binet
Giraud, a porter
Chief of Special Police
Antoine, servant to the Rousseaus
Pamela Giraud
Madame du Brocard, a widow; aunt of Jules Rousseau
Madame Rousseau
Madame Giraud
Justine, chambermaid to Madame Rousseau
Sheriff
Magistrate
Police Officers
Gendarmes
SCENE: Paris
TIME: During the Napoleonic plots under Louis XVIII. (1815-1824)
ACT I
SCENE FIRST
(Setting is an attic and workshop of an artificial flower-maker. It is poorly lighted by means of a candle placed on the work-table. The ceiling slopes abruptly at the back allowing space to conceal a man. On the right is a door, on the left a fireplace. Pamela is discovered at work, and Joseph Binet is seated near her.)
Pamela, Joseph Binet and later Jules Rousseau. Pamela Monsieur Joseph Binet!
Joseph Mademoiselle Pamela Giraud!