This fascinating novel from French master Honore de Balzac was published just as the age of bureaucracy was kicking into high gear in the mid-nineteenth century. Balzac delves deeply into the labyrinthine workings of a French agency, conveying the...
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This fascinating novel from French master Honore de Balzac was published just as the age of bureaucracy was kicking into high gear in the mid-nineteenth century. Balzac delves deeply into the labyrinthine workings of a French agency, conveying the machinations, political alliances, and complex characters with astonishing texture and detail
Title; Contents; Chapter I - The Rabourdin Household; Chapter II - Monsieur des Lupeaulx; Chapter III - The Teredos Navalis, Otherwise Called Ship-Worm; Chapter IV - Three-Quarter Length Portraits of Certain Government Officials; Chapter V - The Machine in Motion; Chapter VI - The Worms at Work; Chapter VII - Scenes from Domestic Life; Chapter VIII - Forward, Mollusks!; Chapter IX - The Resignation; Addendum; Endnotes
