by Honoré de Balzac, Franck Merger · Hachette Educ · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782011690333
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«La Peau de chagrin» is the fantasy novel by Honoré de Balzac and Franck Merger, published by Hachette Educ in paperback (386 pages, in French).
The novel follows Raphaël de Valentin, a ruined young man who, in desperation, receives from an antique dealer a donkey skin capable of granting any wish; with each wish fulfilled, the talisman shrinks and brings its owner closer to death. Through this fantastic parable, Balzac portrays the France of 1830 and the ambition of his era.
The book belongs to the Bibliolycée collection and reproduces the complete text of the 1845 edition; it is also one of the works that make up Balzac's La Comédie humaine cycle.
Aimed at the school environment, especially at French students who need to analyze the work; the didactic dossier accompanies the reading.
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
