Ruined by her own extravagance after the revolution of 1830, the once-notorious Princesse de Cadignan confides to a friend that she has never truly loved. She chooses the austere writer Daniel d’Arthez as her last conquest and, with a beautifully composed confession of her past, sets about making him believe in her.
A short, sly masterpiece of Balzac’s Human Comedy on the art of seduction. Download the free EPUB.