Looking for a country house in the south of France, the narrator is sent by a notary to a remote property by the sea and there comes into possession of a private journal. Its writer, Arthur, recounts his youth, his bereavement, his love for Hélène, and later his entry into fashionable Paris, including the salon of the Marquise de Pënâfiel and the world of gentleman-riders.
A society novel of temperament and jealousy by the author of The Mysteries of Paris and The Wandering Jew. Download the free EPUB.