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A Harlot High And Low
- Form
- Form Novel
- Year
- Year 1839
- Originally in
- Originally in French
- Pages
- Pages 580
Lucien de Rubempré rises through Paris on money supplied by an escaped convict disguised as a priest, and the courtesan who loves him is sold to a banker to pay for it.
Happy love is the divine unction of women; it makes them all as lofty as empresses.
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