Women in the Life of Balzac

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Women in the Life of Balzac by Juanita Helm Floyd

Information about this edition First published 1921 by Henry Holt and Company. See also Author:Honoré de Balzac.

WOMEN IN THE LIFE OF BALZAC

BY

JUANITA HELM FLOYD

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TO

MY SISTER NANNIE

" . . . for no one knows the secret of my life,
and I do not wish to disclose it to any one."
Lettres a l'Etrangere, V. I, p. 418, July 19, 1837.

[edit] Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• Author's Note
• Chapter I: Biographical Sketch of Balzac
• Chapter II: Relatives and Family Friends
  • Part I: Balzac's Mother
  • Part II: Madame Surville, Madame Mallet, Madame Duhamel
  • Part III: Madame Sallambier, Madame de Montzaigle, Madame de Brugnolle, Madame Delannoy, Madame de Pommereul, Madame de Margonne
  • Part IV: Madame Carraud, Madame Nivet
• Chapter III: Literary Friends
  • Part I: Madame Gay, Madame Hamelin, Madame de Girardin, Madame Desbordes-Valmore, Madame Dorval
  • Part II: La Duchesse d'Abrantes
  • Part III: La Princesse Belgiojoso, Madame Marbouty, la Comtesse d'Agoult, George Sand
• Chapter IV: Business and Social Friends
  • Part I: Madame Bechet, Madame Werdet
  • Part II: Madame Rossini, Madame Recamier, la Duchesse de Dino, la Comtesse Appony, Madame de Bernard, Madame David, la Baronne Gerard
  • Part III: La Comtesse Visconti, Madame de Valette, Mademoiselle Kozlowska
  • Part IV: La Comtesse Turheim, la Comtesse de Bocarme, la Comtesse Merlin, la Princesse Galitzin de Genthol, la Baronne de Rothschild, la Comtesse Maffei, la Comtesse Serafina San-Serverino, la Comtesse Bolognini
  • Part V: La Princesse Bagration, la Comtesse, Bossi, Madame Kisseleff, la Princesse de Schonburg, Madame Jaroslas Potocka, la Baronne de Pfaffins, la Comtesse Delphine Potocka
  • Part VI: Maria, Helene, Louise
• Chapter V: Sentimental Friendships
  • Part I: Madame de Berny
  • Part II: La Duchesse de Castries, Madamoiselle de Trumilly
  • Part III: Madame Hanska, la Comtesse Mniszech, Mademoiselle Borel, Mesdemoiselles Wylezynska, la Comtesse Rosalie Rzewuska, Mademoiselle Caliste Rzewuska, Madame Cherkowitsch, Madame Riznitsch, la Comtesse Marie Potocka
• Conclusion

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