History of the Thirteen

The genius of Honore De Balzac is indisputable after reading the Penguin Classics edition of History of the Thirteen. Herbert J. Hunt translates De Balzac’s classic trilogy of a secret society and the nature of love. Nowhere else is the author’s passion and brilliance more apparent than in Ferragus, La Duchess de Lunges and The Girl with Golden Eyes, all stories of sexuality, love and desire. These works make up the very foundation from which De Balzac later built his famous literary scenes of Parisian life.