The Wild Ass's Skin by Honoré de Balzac

The Wild Ass's Skin

La Comédie Humaine #68

Honoré de Balzac with Herbert J. Hunt (Translator)

288 pages first pub 1831 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
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The Wild Ass's Skin is Honoré de Balzac's 1831 novel that tells the story of a young man, Raphaël de Valentin, who discovers a piece of shagreen, in this case a rough untanned piece of a wild ass's skin, which has the magical property of granting ...

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