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Modeste Mignon

by Honoré de Balzac

Novel

Open Library OL19838571W

Modeste Mignon is the fifth of the Scènes de la vie privée (Scenes of Private Life) in La Comédie humaine. The first part of the novel was serialized in a bowdlerized edition in the Journal des débats in April, May and July.

About the author

Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) is represented here by 26 public-domain titles, including A Daughter of Eve, A Passion in the Desert, and A Prince of Bohemia. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here. More of this shelf for Honoré de Balzac.

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