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Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau

by Honoré de Balzac

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Open Library OL15225349W

The main character is a Parisian perfumer, with the prototype being a legendary perfumer, Jean Vincent Bully, who achieves success in the cosmetics business, but becomes bankrupt due to property speculation.

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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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