La Firmao de la Kato kiu Pilkludas (At the Sign of the Cat and Racket)
Honoré de Balzac
A draper's daughter marries a brilliant painter and learns how far apart their worlds really are. Balzac's sharp portrait of love and social class, translated by Paul Benoit in 1924.
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