Size: 5x1x8; softcover, new Free of any markings and no writing. Minor shelf-wear. For Additional Information or pictures, Please Inquire.

Size: 5x1x8; softcover, new Free of any markings and no writing. Minor shelf-wear. For Additional Information or pictures, Please Inquire.

pp. 752. Trade Paperback with only minor reading wear; book is clean, unmarked. In stock. Ships from MN, USA.

pp. 752. Trade Paperback with only minor reading wear; book is clean, unmarked. In stock. Ships from MN, USA.

Fine.

Fine.

Size: 8vo-over 7? -9? " tall; The Modern Library Classics, 2001. Trade

Size: 8vo-over 7? -9? " tall; The Modern Library Classics, 2001. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked solid volume with minimal wear to cover edge; internals as new. A superb translation by Katleen Raine. Introduction by Richard Howard, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, translator, and critic. Newly commissioned Explanatory Notes. Cover painting: 'Le Pont de l'Europe', Jean Beraud/Christie's Images, 2001. Written between 1837 and 1843, "Lost Illusions" reveals, perhaps better than any other of Balzac's ninety-two novels, the nature and scope of his genius. It is the story of Lucien Chardon, a young poet from Angouleme who tries desperately to make a name for himself in Paris. A realistic and satirical portrait of the social world of nineteenth-century France. Notes by James Madden. 752 pages. 8 x 5 x1.75". 2001, Modern Library Classics.

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