The Quest of the Absolute and Other Stories
Author : Honoré de Balzac
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Page : 436 pages
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Release : 1901
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Author : Honoré de Balzac
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Page : 436 pages
File Size : 47,21 MB
Release : 1901
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Author : Honoré de Balzac
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Page : 844 pages
File Size : 12,87 MB
Release : 1901
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Author : Honoré de Balzac
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Page : 826 pages
File Size : 22,99 MB
Release : 1899
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Author : Honoré de Balzac
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Release : 1897
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Author : Honoré de Balzac
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Page : 386 pages
File Size : 34,55 MB
Release : 1901
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Author : Balzac Honore De 1799-1850
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 12,11 MB
Release : 2013-06
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ISBN : 9781314343533
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author : Honoré de Balzac
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Page : 830 pages
File Size : 40,26 MB
Release : 1899
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Author : Honoré de Balzac
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Page : 372 pages
File Size : 22,67 MB
Release : 1902
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Author : Honoré de Balzac
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 29,32 MB
Release : 2018-12
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ISBN : 9780483665088
Excerpt from The Quest of the Absolute (La Recherche De L'absolu), Vol. 2: And Other Stories But these things, though they illustrate the general prin ciple that the presence of a great central interest and figure will radiate greatness and interest on its surroundings, would contribute comparatively little to the effect of the book if it were not for the Seeker after the Absolute himself. No where, perhaps, has the hopeless tyranny of the fixed idea, the ferocious (not exactly selfish) absorption in the pursuit of a craze, been portrayed with quite the same power as here. And we know and feel that the energy, the fire, the perfec tion of the handling are due to sympathy - that Balzac a few generations earlier would have sought the Philosopher's Stone with the same desperate energy as Balthazar. Prob ably nothing but his prior attachment to literary work pre vented him from doing something similar; while actually, and as it was, he kept himself in lifelong difficulties by no very different persistence in the corresponding, if more ig noble, Game of Speculation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Honoré de Balzac
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Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,83 MB
Release : 1898
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