A Drama on the Seashore by Honoré de Balzac
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"A Drama on the Seashore" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story published in 1834. A young writer and his lover, vacationing on the French coast, encounter a reclusive fisherman living in a cave. They learn his tragic history: years earlier, he drowned his own son as punishment for theft, driving his wife to death and himself into self-imposed exile. The devastating tale transforms the couple's carefree holiday into something darker,
affecting the narrator's mental state. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Wormeley, Katharine Prescott, 1830-1908 |
| Title | A Drama on the Seashore |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un_drame_au_bord_de_la_mer |
| Credits | Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1427 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 1998 |
| Last Update | Apr 4, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 411 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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