La Grande Breteche by Honoré de Balzac
"La Grande Breteche" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story published in 1831. Dr. Horace Bianchon encounters a mysterious abandoned manor near Vendôme, forbidden to all visitors for fifty years. Through accounts from locals, he learns of a tragic love affair that ended in horror when a jealous husband discovered his wife's Spanish lover and sealed him alive behind a wall. The traumatic events drove the wife to decree her home
remain eternally closed—a monument to secrets, betrayal, and vengeance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
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| Translator | Bell, Clara, 1834-1927 |
| Translator | Marriage, Ellen, 1865-1946 |
| Title | La Grande Breteche |
| Note | Sequel to "Another Study of Woman." |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Grande_Bret%C3%A8che |
| Credits | Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Horror tales |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 1710 |
| Release Date | Apr 1, 1999 |
| Most Recently Updated | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 613 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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