The Wild Ass's Skin

Honoré de Balzac, Herbert Hunt

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Penguin Classics
01 November 1977

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Balzac is concerned with the choice between ruthless self-gratification and asceticism, dissipation and restraint, in a novel that is powerful in its symbolism and realistic depiction of decadence.

By: Honoré de Balzac
Translated by: Herbert Hunt
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 213g
ISBN: 9780140443301
ISBN 10: 0140443304
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 November 1977
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Balzac was born in 1799, the son of a civil servant. At the age of thirty - heavily in debt and with an unsucessful past behind him - he started work on the first of what were to become a total of ninety novels and short stories that make up The Human Comedy. He died in 1850.