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Title details for Ursula by Honore de Balzac - Available

Ursula

by Honore de Balzac
Katharine Prescott Wormeley
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This novel is one of the pillars of the Scenes of Provincial Life section of Honore de Balzac's story cycle The Human Comedy. Through a series of tragedies and coincidences, a kind and pious teenager named Ursula has been taken in by an octogenarian doctor, Denis Minoret. Inspired by Ursula's goodness, Minoret decides to make her his chief heir. This incites the ire of his other relatives, and a ruthless war for Minoret's estate breaks out.

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Series: The Human Comedy Publisher: Duke Classics

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  • ISBN: 9781620139622
  • Release date: July 8, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9781620139622
  • File size: 379 KB
  • Release date: July 8, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9781620139622
  • File size: 374 KB
  • Release date: July 8, 2014

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Classic Literature Fiction

Languages

English

This novel is one of the pillars of the Scenes of Provincial Life section of Honore de Balzac's story cycle The Human Comedy. Through a series of tragedies and coincidences, a kind and pious teenager named Ursula has been taken in by an octogenarian doctor, Denis Minoret. Inspired by Ursula's goodness, Minoret decides to make her his chief heir. This incites the ire of his other relatives, and a ruthless war for Minoret's estate breaks out.

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Classic Literature Fiction