The Illustrious Gaudissart

The Illustrious Gaudissart  (1833)  by Honoré de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

Original French title: "L'illustre Gaudissart". Also known as "Gaudissart the Great" in English. First published 1833. Included as part of La Comédie humaine.

To Madame la Duchesse de Castries.

• Chapter I
• Chapter II
• Chapter III
• Chapter IV
• Chapter V
• Addendum

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