The Hated Son
Honoré de Balzac
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Description
Honore de Balzac wrote The Hated Son, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. Part one, How the Mother Lived, opens in a bedroom of the sixteenth century. On a winter night at about two in the morning, the Comtesse Jeanne d'Herouville feels the pains of a first birth drawing near, and she fears dangers that await her child.
The countess rises with extreme care so she will not wake her sleeping husband. Each rustle of the green silk coverlet stops her, and she watches his face as a prisoner might watch a guard. Balzac turns a quiet room into a scene of dread, built from small sounds, held breath, and a mother's need to move unseen.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Honoré de Balzac |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 195 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |