A short story ushering the reader into the violent and horrifying events that took place during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. The tale follows an old ex-Carmelite nun who is hiding from Robespierre with abject fear of what tomorrow may bring. Oozing with mystery and suspense, Balzac's allegorical prose is at its very finest here. The French author who, along with Flaubert, is widely regarded to be one of the founding fathers of realism in European fiction. Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist and playwright, most famous for his collection of novels and plays, collectively called 'The Human Comedy'. His detailed observation of humanity and realistic depiction of society makes him one of the earliest representatives of realism in Europe. He was a master-creator of complex characters that often found themselves in ambiguous moral dilemmas.

At head of title: The first complete translation into English."With a frontispiece in photogravure."v. 11. A harlot's progress. Esther happy. What love costs an old man. The end of evil ways. Vautrin's last avatar -- v. 13. The unconscious mummers. A prince of Bohemia. A man of business. Gaudissart II. The firm of Nucingen. Facino Cane. A princess's secrets. Bureaucracy -- v. 14. Cousin Betty -- v. 15. Cousin Pons. Old Goriot -- v. 16. Provincial Parisians -- v. 17. A most mysterious case. An episode under the terror. The seamy side of history. Z. Marcas -- v. 18. The member for Arcis -- v. 19. The Chouans. The country doctor -- v. 20. The peasantry. The country parson -- v. 21. The wild ass's skin. The quest of the absolute -- v. 22. The unknown masterpiece. Christ in Flanders. Melmoth reconciled. The Maranas. El verdugo. Farewell. The conscript. A seaside tragedy. The red house. The elixir of life -- v. 23. The child of malediction. A mad musician. The king's friend. Venetian nights.v. 24. About Catherine de{rcommaa} Medici -- v. 25. Seraphita. Louis Lambert. The exiles. v. 1. At the sign of the cat and racket. The Sceaux ball. The purse. The vendetta. Madame Firmiani. A daughter of Eve. Letters of two brides -- v. 2. A study of woman. Another study of woman. La grande Bretêche. Peace in the house. The imaginary mistress. Albert Savarus. A woman of thirty. A foresaken lady. La grenadière. The message. Gobseck -- v. 3. A marriage settlement. A start in life. A second home. Modeste Mignon -- v. 4. Beatrix. The atheist's mass. Honorine. Colonel Chabert. The commission in lunacy. Pierre Grassou -- v. 5. Ursule Mirouet. Eugénie Grandet -- v. 6. Pierrette. The abbé Birotteau. A bachelor's establishment -- v. 7. The jealousies of a country town. The old maid. The collection of antiquities -- v. 8. Parisians in the country. Gaudissart the great. The muse of the department. The lily of the valley -- v. 9. A distinguished provincial at Paris -- v. 10. Lost illusions. Two poets. Eve and David.

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