The Lily of the Valley
by Honore de Balzac
Publisher: Gebbie Publishing Co. 1898
Number of pages: 436
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This was Balzac's personal favorite among his writings. The novel offers the courtship of Felix and fiancee Henrietta, whose correspondence on the subject of love reveals her to be far more experienced than he thought. Romance the Balzac way.
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