This novel is one of the pillars of the Scenes of Provincial Life section of Honore de Balzac's story cycle The Human Comedy. Through a series of tragedies and coincidences, a kind and pious teenager named Ursula has been taken in by an octogenarian...
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This novel is one of the pillars of the Scenes of Provincial Life section of Honore de Balzac's story cycle The Human Comedy. Through a series of tragedies and coincidences, a kind and pious teenager named Ursula has been taken in by an octogenarian doctor, Denis Minoret. Inspired by Ursula's goodness, Minoret decides to make her his chief heir. This incites the ire of his other relatives, and a ruthless war for Minoret's estate breaks out
Title; Contents; Dedication; Chapter I - The Frightened Heirs; Chapter II - The Rich Uncle; Chapter III - The Doctor's Friends; Chapter IV - Zelie; Chapter V - Ursula; Chapter VI - A Treatise on Mesmerism; Chapter VII - A Two-Fold Conversion; Chapter VIII - The Conference; Chapter IX - A First Confidence; Chapter X - The Family of Portenduere; Chapter XI - Savinien Saved; Chapter XII - Obstacles to Young Love; Chapter XIII - Betrothal of Hearts; Chapter XIV - Ursula Again Orphaned; Chapter XV - The Doctor's Will; Chapter XVI - The Two Adversaries
Chapter XVII - The Malignity of Provincial MindsChapter XVIII - A Two-Fold Vengeance; Chapter XIX - Apparitions; Chapter XX - Remorse; Chapter XXI - Showing How Difficult it is to Steal that Which Seems Very Easily Stolen; Addendum
