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 |
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| 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 | Oct 1, 1998 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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