Godefroid, a young man worn out by the empty ambitions of his age, takes lodgings in an old house in the shadow of Notre-Dame with Madame de la Chanterie. He discovers that she and her elderly companions secretly run a brotherhood that rescues the poor and desperate, and as an initiate he learns the tragic history behind their work.
One of the last novels of The Human Comedy, showing Balzac’s Christian idealism at full strength. Download the free EPUB.