The Hidden Masterpiece

By De Balzac, Honore

Book Id: WPLBN0000625500
Format Type: PDF eBook
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	The Hidden Masterpiece
Author:	De Balzac, Honore
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


Citation APA MLA Chicago Balzac, H. D. (n.d.). The Hidden Masterpiece. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Excerpt: Chapter One. On a cold morning in December, towards the close of the year 1612, a young man, whose clothing betrayed his poverty, was standing before the door of a house in the Rue des Grands?Augustine, in Paris. After walking to and fro for some time with the hesitation of a lover who fears to approach his mistress, however complying she may be, he ended by crossing the threshold and asking if Maitre Francois Porbus were within. At the affirmative answer of an old woman who was sweeping out one of the lower rooms the young man slowly mounted the stairway, stopping from time to time and hesitating, like a newly fledged courier doubtful as to what sort of reception the king might grant him.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: The Hidden Masterpiece, 1 -- Honore de Balzac, 1 -- Chapter I, 1 -- Chapter II, 11