Honoré de Balzac

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De Balzac, Honoré. "Une passion dans le desert [A Passion in the Desert]." Revue de Paris, 26 Dec. 1830.

Marriage must ceaselessly combat a monster that devours everything: habit.

Honoré de Balzac

Physiologie du Mariage

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De Balzac, Honoré. Physiologie du mariage [Physiology of Marriage]. Paris, 1829, pt. 1, meditation 5, no. 47.

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De Balzac, Honoré. La Comédie Humaine. Paris: Furne, 1842, Avec-Propos [preface].

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De Balzac, Honoré. The Human Comedy: At the Sign of the Cat & Racket and Other Works, translated by Clara Bell. Vol. 1, Houmena Press, 2008, Avec-Propos [preface].

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De Balzac, Honoré. Ne touchez pas la hache [Don’t Touch the Axe]. L'Écho de la Jeune France, 1834.

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De Balzac, Honoré. "Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées [Memoirs of Two Brides]." Scènes de la vie privée. Paris: Fume, 1842.

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De Balzac, Honoré. La Peau de Chagrin [The Wild Ass's Skin]. Paris: C. Gosselin, 1831.

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De Balzac, Honoré. The Wild Ass's Skin, translated by Helen Constantine. Oxford University Press, 2012.

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De Balzac, Honoré. César Birotteau. Paris: Charles-Béchet, 1837.

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De Balzac, Honoré. César Birotteau. Penguin Classics, 1994.