Catalogue, 1906

Catalogue, 1906
Author: Staten Island Academy, New Brighton, N.Y. Arthur Winter Memorial Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 114
Release: 1906
Genre: Library catalogs
ISBN:

Esther Happy

Esther Happy
Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2021-04-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Esther Happy" is one of the four parts of the serial novel, "The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans (also known as, "A Harlot High and Low,") a novel by French novelist Honoré de Balzac. Lucien de Rubempré and Carlos Herrera (Vautrin) have made a pact, in which Lucien will arrive at success in Paris if he agrees to follow Vautrin's instructions blindly. Esther van Gobseck throws a wrench into Vautrin's best-laid plans, however, because Lucien falls in love with her and she with him. One night, however, the incredibly rich banker Baron de Nucingen spots Esther and falls deeply in love with her. When Vautrin realizes that Nucingen's obsession is with Esther, he decides to use her power as a tool to help advance Lucien by extrapolating the maximum amount of money from the Baron as possible. Something that will result in a series of tragic results...

Rajasthan Style

Rajasthan Style
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-11-06
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781614284659

"This photographic opus expresses the sublime beauty of the people, nature, and places of this legendary region of India. From palaces to singular creative interiors, this promenade through the myriad colors and traditional handicrafts of Rajasthan captures the idealized Western dream of the Orient" -- Publisher's description.

European Bronzes from the Quentin Collection

European Bronzes from the Quentin Collection
Author: Manfred Leithe-Jasper
Publisher: Maria Teresa Train Mtt Scala
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN:

A reference tool for universities, libraries, curators, collectors and dealers. The sculptures in the Quentin Collection reveal the extraordinary range of artistry, invention and technical refinement characteristic of works made when the tradition of the European statuette was at its height.

Droll Stories

Droll Stories
Author: Honore de Balzac
Publisher: anboco
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2016-08-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3736406053

THE FAIR IMPERIA THE VENIAL SIN THE KING'S SWEETHEART THE DEVIL'S HEIR THE MERRIE JESTS OF KING LOUIS THE ELEVENTH THE HIGH CONSTABLE'S WIFE THE MAID OF THILOUSE THE BROTHERS-IN-ARMS THE VICAR OF AZAY-LE-RIDEAU THE REPROACH THE THREE CLERKS OF ST. NICHOLAS THE CONTINENCE OF KING FRANCIS THE FIRST THE MERRY TATTLE OF THE NUNS OF POISSY HOW THE CHATEAU D'AZAY CAME TO BE BUILT THE FALSE COURTESAN THE DANGER OF BEING TOO INNOCENT THE DEAR NIGHT OF LOVE THE SERMON OF THE MERRY VICAR OF MEUDON THE SUCCUBUS DESPAIR IN LOVE PERSEVERANCE IN LOVE CONCERNING A PROVOST WHO DID NOT RECOGNISE THINGS ABOUT THE MONK AMADOR, WHO WAS A GLORIOUS ABBOT OF TURPENAY BERTHA THE PENITENT HOW THE PRETTY MAID OF PORTILLON CONVINCED HER JUDGE IN WHICH IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT FORTUNE IS ALWAYS FEMININE CONCERNING A POOR MAN WHO WAS CALLED LE VIEUX PAR-CHEMINS ODD SAYINGS OF THREE PILGRIMS INNOCENCE THE FAIR IMPERIA MARRIED

The Smell of Books

The Smell of Books
Author: Hans J. Rindisbacher
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 1992
Genre: European literature
ISBN: 0472103830

Demonstrates that sense of smell plays a significant role in the history of European literature