a daughter of eve

A Daughter of Eveby Honore de BalzacTranslated by Katharine Prescott WormeleyDEDICATIONTo Madame la Comtesse Bolognini, nee Vimercati.If you remember, madame, the pleasure your conversation gave to atraveller by recalling Paris to his memory in Milan, you will notbe surprised to find him testifying his gratitude for manypleasant evenings passed beside you by laying one of his works atyour feet, and begging you to protect it with your name, as informer days that name protected the tales of an ancient writerdear to the Milanese.You have an Eugenie, already beautiful, whose intelligent smile...

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