The text is that of Burton Raffell’s acclaimed 1994 translation.Library JournalBalzac's 1834 King Lear-esque novel here gets a little fresh air breathed into it by Burton Raffel, who won the 1991 French-American Translation Prize.
1Private Lodgings72Afternoon Calls593Entry into Society954Trompe-la-Mort1515The Two Daughters2156Death of a Father251Afterword277Selected Bibliography285