Ferragus

Ferragus: Chief of the Devorants  (1834)  by Honoré de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

First published 1834. Included as part of La Comédie humaine.

Dedication: To Hector Berlioz.

• Preface
• Chapter I: MADAME JULES
• Chapter II: FERRAGUS
• Chapter III: THE WIFE ACCUSED
• Chapter IV: WHERE GO TO DIE?
• Chapter V: CONCLUSION
• Addendum

This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.