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Adieu

Sheba Blake, Honoré de Balzac

Publisher: Sheba Blake Publishing

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Summary

The longish short story "Adieu" is an excerpt from Honore de Balzac's sweeping masterpiece The Human Comedy. A ghost story of sorts, this tragic tale recounts the blossoming romance of two lovers whose relationship is torn asunder by the vagaries of war. When they reunite by chance years later, there is nothing left to be salvaged.
Available since: 11/15/2021.

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