The fatal skin
| Title | The fatal skin
The Magic Skin; The Wild Ass's Skin |
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| Original title | La peau de chagrin |
| Author | by Honoré de Balzac; transl. from the French by Cedar Paul |
| Publication | Hamish Hamilton |
| Size | XI, 310p |
| Language |  ENG |
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| Topics |
French fiction--Translated into English French fiction--Philosophical French fiction--19th century |
| Notes | Set in early 19th-century Paris, it tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen that fulfills his every desire. For each wish granted, however, the skin shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy. La Peau de chagrin belongs to the Études philosophiques group of Balzac's sequence of novels, La Comédie humaine. [wikipedia] |
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