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The Black Sheep

The Black Sheep( )
Author: Balzac, Honore De
Translator: Adamson, Donald
Introduction by: Adamson, Donald
Series title:Penguin Classics Ser.
ISBN:978-0-14-044237-3
Publication Date:Sep 2005
Publisher:Penguin Books, Limited
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $32.99
Book Description:

Philippe and Joseph Bridau are two extremely different brothers. The elder, Philippe, is a superficially heroic soldier and adored by their mother Agathe. He is nonetheless a bitter figure, secretly gambling away her savings after a brief but glorious career in Napoleon's army. His younger brother Joseph, meanwhile, is fundamentally virtuous - but their mother is blinded to his kindness by her disapproval of his life as an artist. Foolish and prejudiced, Agathe lives on unaware that...
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Book Details
Pages:352
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Literary
Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.1 x 19.8 x 2.1 cm
Book Weight:0.278 Kilograms



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