Balzac : a biography
Robb, Graham, 1958-1994
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Takes readers through Balzac's early literary disappointments and his relentless struggle against poverty, and how he developed his extraordinary powers of hard work and concentration in his early 20s, churning out a factory line of cheap, melodramatic novels.
Main title:
Balzac : a biography / by Graham Robb.
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Imprint:
London : Picador, 1994.
Collation:
xvii, 521p., [32]p. of plates : ill., ports., facsims. ; 26cm.
Notes:
Bibliography: p477-492. -Includes indexes.
ISBN:
9780330332378
Dewey class:
843.7920843
Local class:
B BALZAC, H DE
Language:
English
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BRN:
1897029
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