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       Honoré de Balzac

      The Lesser Bourgeoisie

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664614674

       (The Middle Classes)

       PART I. THE LESSER BOURGEOIS OF PARIS

       CHAPTER I. DEPARTING PARIS

       CHAPTER II. THE HISTORY OF A TYRANNY

       CHAPTER III. COLLEVILLE

       CHAPTER IV. THE CIRCLE OF MONSIEUR AND MADAME THUILLIER

       CHAPTER V. A PRINCIPAL PERSONAGE

       CHAPTER VI. A KEYNOTE

       CHAPTER VII. THE WORTHY PHELLIONS

       CHAPTER VIII. AD MAJOREM THEODOSIS GLORIAM

       CHAPTER IX. THE BANKER OF THE POOR

       CHAPTER X. HOW BRIGITTE WAS WON

       CHAPTER XI. THE REIGN OF THEODOSE

       CHAPTER XII. DEVILS AGAINST DEVILS

       CHAPTER XIII. THE PERVERSITY OF DOVES

       CHAPTER XIV. ONE OF CERIZET’S FEMALE CLIENTS

       CHAPTER XV

       CHAPTER XVI. DU PORTAIL

       CHAPTER XVII. IN WHICH THE LAMB DEVOURS THE WOLF

       CHAPTER XVIII. SET A SAINT TO CATCH A SAINT

       PART II. THE PARVENUS

       CHAPTER I. PHELLION, UNDER A NEW ASPECT

       CHAPTER II. THE PROVENCAL’S PRESENT POSITION

       CHAPTER III. GOOD BLOOD CANNOT LIE

       CHAPTER IV. HUNGARY VERSUS PROVENCE

       CHAPTER V. SHOWING HOW NEAR THE TARPEIAN ROCK IS TO THE CAPITOL

       CHAPTER VI. ‘TWAS THUS THEY BADE ADIEU

       CHAPTER VII. HOW TO SHUT THE DOOR IN PEOPLE’S FACES

       CHAPTER VIII

       CHAPTER IX. GIVE AND TAKE

       CHAPTER X. IN WHICH CERIZET PRACTISES THE HEALING ART AND

       THE ART OF POISONING ON THE SAME DAY

       CHAPTER XI. EXPLANATIONS AND WHAT CAME OF THEM

       CHAPTER XII. A STAR

       CHAPTER XIII. THE MAN WHO THINKS THE STAR TOO BRIGHT

       CHAPTER XIV. A STORMY DAY

       CHAPTER XV. AT DU PORTAIL’S

       CHAPTER XVI. CHECKMATE TO THUILLIER

       CHAPTER XVII. IN THE EXERCISE OF HIS FUNCTIONS

       ADDENDUM

       The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.

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