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Lost Illusions

Honoré de Balzac

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1837
Originally in
Originally in French
Pages
Pages 700

A poor provincial poet moves to Paris convinced his talent will make him rich and famous, and newspapers, mistresses and vanity slowly strip him of both his money and his self-respect.

There is a tax upon everything—everything has its price, and anything can be made to order—even success.
Lost Illusions, Honoré de Balzac

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