The Old Maid (Balzac)

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The Old Maid  (1837)  by Honoré de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

Original French title: "La Vieille Fille". First published 1837. Included as part of La Comédie humaine.

To Monsieur Eugene-Auguste-Georges-Louis Midy de la Greneraye Surville, Royal Engineer of the Ponts at Chausses.

As a testimony to the affection of his brother-in-law,

De Balzac

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• Chapter I: ONE OF MANY CHEVALIERS DE VALOIS
• Chapter II: SUSANNAH AND THE ELDERS
• Chapter III: ATHANASE
• Chapter III: MADEMOISELLE CORMON
• Chapter V: AN OLD MAID'S HOUSEHOLD
• Chapter VI: FINAL DISAPPOINTMENT AND ITS FIRST RESULT
• Chapter VII: OTHER RESULTS
• Addendum

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