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    Beatrix by Honoré de Balzac - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
    Beatrix by Honoré de Balzac - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
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    Release dateJul 17, 2017
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    Beatrix by Honoré de Balzac - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
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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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      Beatrix by Honoré de Balzac - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) - Honoré de Balzac

      HONORÉ DE BALZAC

      Mercadet

      Parts Edition

      By Delphi Classics, 2014

      Version 1

      COPYRIGHT

      ‘Mercadet’

      Honoré de Balzac: Parts Edition (in 116 parts)

      First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

      © Delphi Classics, 2017.

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

      ISBN: 978 1 90890 966 4

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      Delphi Publishing Ltd

      Hastings, East Sussex

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      Honoré de Balzac: Parts Edition

      This eBook is Part 109 of the Delphi Classics edition of Honoré de Balzac in 116 Parts. It features the unabridged text of Mercadet 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.

      Visit here to buy the entire Parts Edition of Honoré de Balzac or the Collected Works of Honoré de Balzac in a single eBook.

      Learn more about our Parts Edition, with free downloads, via this link or browse our most popular Parts here.

      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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      Mercadet

      Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

      Presented for the First Time in Paris

      At the Theatre du Gymnase-Dramatique

      August 24, 1851

      CONTENTS

      PERSONS OF THE PLAY

      ACT I

      ACT II

      ACT III

      PERSONS OF THE PLAY

      Mercadet, a speculator

      Madame Mercadet, his wife

      Julie, their daughter

      Minard, clerk of Mercadet

      Verdelin, friend of Mercadet

      Goulard, creditor of Mercadet

      Pierquin, creditor of Mercadet

      Violette, creditor of Mercadet

      Mericourt, acquaintance of Mercadet

      De la Brive, suitor to Julie

      Justin, valet

      Therese, lady’s maid

      Virginie, cook

      Various other creditors of Mercadet

      SCENE: Paris, in the house of Mercadet

      TIME: About 1845

      ACT I

      SCENE FIRST

      (A drawing-room. A door in the centre. Side doors. At the front, to the left, a mantel-piece with a mirror. To the right, a window, and next it a writing-table. Armchairs.)

      Justin, Virginie and Therese

      Justin (finishing dusting the room) Yes, my dears, he finds it very hard to swim; he is certain to drown, poor M. Mercadet.

      Virginie (her basket on her arm)

      Honestly, do you think that?

      Justin He is ruined! And although there is much fat to be stewed from a master while he is financially embarrassed, you must not forget that he owes us a year’s wages, and we had better get ourselves discharged.

      Therese Some masters are so frightfully stubborn! I spoke to the mistress disrespectfully two or three times, and she pretended not to hear me.

      Virginie Ah! I have been at service in many middle-class houses; but I have never seen one like this! I am going to leave my stove, and become an actress in some theatre.

      Justin

      All of us here are nothing but actors in a theatre.

      Virginie Yes, indeed, sometimes one has to put on an air of astonishment, as if just fallen from the moon, when a creditor appears: Didn’t you know it, sir? — No. — M. Mercadet has gone to Lyons. — Ah! He is away? — Yes, his prospects are most brilliant; he has discovered some coal- mines. — Ah! So much the better! When does he return? — I do not know. Sometimes I put on an expression as if I had lost the dearest friend I had in the world.

      Justin (aside)

      That would be her money.

      Virginie (pretending to cry) Monsieur and mademoiselle are in the greatest distress. It seems that we are going to lose poor Madame Mercadet. They have taken her away to the waters! Ah!

      Therese And then, there are some creditors who are actual brutes! They speak to you as if you were

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