In a dark, crooked street near the Hôtel de Ville, a young lawyer named Granville notices a pretty seamstress, Caroline Crochard, at her window. Married to a rigidly pious wife from Bayeux, he gradually builds a second, secret home with Caroline, and Balzac follows the consequences for all three over many years.
A compact, penetrating study of marriage and hypocrisy from the Comédie Humaine. Download the free EPUB.