In Renaissance Ferrara the young libertine Don Juan Belvidero keeps vigil at the bedside of his rich old father, who reveals that a flask of elixir will bring him back to life once he dies. What the son chooses to do with that flask, and what it later costs him, makes up a short, macabre study of greed and filial ingratitude.
A compact philosophical tale from La Comédie humaine, ideal for readers who like their Balzac dark and brief. Download the free EPUB.