A Man of Business by Honoré de Balzac
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"A Man of Business" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story published in 1845. When aristocrat Maxime de Trailles refuses to pay his mounting debts, two clever Parisian businessmen devise an elaborate scheme to collect what he owes. Through manipulation and disguise, they orchestrate a trap involving de Trailles' lover and her business ventures. This tale of deception reveals the ruthless tactics creditors employed in nineteenth-century Paris to recover their money
from wealthy debtors. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Bell, Clara, 1834-1927 |
| Title | A Man of Business |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un_homme_d%27affaires |
| Credits | Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.0 (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. | 1813 |
| Release Date | Feb 24, 2005 |
| Last Update | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 573 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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