Modeste Mignon by Honoré de Balzac

"Modeste Mignon" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1844. A young provincial woman writes passionate letters to a famous Parisian poet she admires, but he dismisses her attention and assigns his secretary to respond instead. When the secretary arrives in disguise, a dangerous intrigue unfolds—complicated when Modeste's family discovers she's secretly taken a lover. The deception deepens as Modeste transforms from a poor girl into a wealthy heiress, attracting three rival suitors competing for her hand. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850
Translator Wormeley, Katharine Prescott, 1830-1908
Title Modeste Mignon
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modeste_Mignon
Credits Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult 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. 1482
Release Date
Last Update Jan 27, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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