A Second Home
Honore De Balzac
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Description
The Rue du Tourniquet-Saint-Jean was once one of the darkest and most winding streets in Paris. A young woman named Caroline keeps rooms there that are not quite a home. Caroline, a young woman kept by a rich protector, sits for the famous hairdresser Plaisir, who praises her long, thick hair while she waits, out of patience, for her life to change.
The tale follows Caroline's second home — the rooms, the lovers, and the small economies by which a kept woman survives in Paris. Balzac writes it with sympathy and without preaching. The story's interest lies in its detail: a whole social world seen from a dressing table, where beauty is both a living and a trap.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Honore De Balzac |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 165 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |