/lit/ - Literature

Has anyone here read The Message by Balzac?

Can someone explain the ending to me? I'm not entirely sure I understood it.

And what rapture to have this adventure to tell to a woman who clung to you more closely in dread, saying, "Oh, my dear, not you! You must not die!"

Is it really black and white or does it have implications?

I wanna get into Balzac. What can you tell me about him?

What are his essential works? and which of them is the best starting point?

Balzac nailed them. Clerics, nuns, monks, hypocrits... Nothing really changed

A bit too wordy.

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Did she fondle your Balzac?

Hey guys. Recently, my Grandpa gave me a 1st edition set of Honore de Balzac's Comedie Humaine. Each book has Balzac's signature in it. How much value, monetary or not, does this set of books have?

Ballsack?