Eugenie Grande by Honore de Balzac | 1944 | #169 Everyman's Library Edition

The classic French novel Eugenie Grandet by Balzac was first published in 1883. This is a later version published during WWII by Everyman's Library, an imprint of J.M. Dent & Sons Publishers.

ABOUT EUGENIE GRANDET (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
Eugénie Grandet is a novel first published in 1833 by French author Honoré de Balzac. While he was writing it he conceived his ambitious project, La Comédie humaine, and almost immediately prepared a second edition, revising the names of some of the characters so that Eugénie Grandet then fitted into the section: Scenes from provincial life (Scènes de la vie de province) in the Comédie. He dedicated the edition to Maria Du Fresnay, who was then his lover and was the mother of his daughter, Marie-Caroline Du Fresnay.

ABOUT HONORE DE BALZAC (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.

BIXLEY NOTES
• Eugenie Grandet
• Written by Honore de Balzac
• 235 page, linen hardcover
• Published by J.M. Dent & Company, 1944
• Measures 6 3/4" x 4 3/8"

VINTAGE NOTES
• In very good condition
• Binding is just a tiny bit askew
• Dust jacket is missing
• Covers show a bit of wear on the edges and corners
• Inscribed on the inside front page
• Pages have yellowed a bit but otherwise in excellent condition

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