The wild ass's skin = (La peau de chagrin)
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Harmondsworth ; Penguin, 1977.
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285 pages ; 19 cm.
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Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION BALZAC 1977
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Published
Harmondsworth ; Penguin, 1977.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 17).
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The imaginative breadth and the intellectual depth of [this novel] make it one of the greatest of Balzac's "Etudes philosophiques'. With its central symbol of the magic piece of shagreen, it expresses the peculiarly Balzacian idea of the human will and dramatizes with startling urgency the choice between ruthless self-gratification and asceticism, between vice and virtue, between dissipation and restraint. The symbolism is powerful but not overpowering: shrewd psychology, superbly chiselled dialogue and the sheer energy of the descriptive passages - the gambling den, the orgy, the devastating finale - give [the novel] a compelling and forceful realism.-Back cover.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Balzac, H. d., & Hunt, H. J. (1977). The wild ass's skin =: (La peau de chagrin) . Penguin.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 and Herbert James, Hunt. 1977. The Wild Ass's Skin =: (La Peau De Chagrin). Penguin.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 and Herbert James, Hunt. The Wild Ass's Skin =: (La Peau De Chagrin) Penguin, 1977.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Balzac, Honoré de, and Herbert James Hunt. The Wild Ass's Skin =: (La Peau De Chagrin) Penguin, 1977.

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