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La Bourse
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For other uses, see Bourse (disambiguation).
La Bourse (The Purse) is a short story by the French novelist Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1832 by Mame-Delaunay as one of the Scènes de la vie privée (Scenes of Private Life) in La Comédie humaine. Later editions of the work were brought out by Béchet in 1835 and by Charpentier in 1839, in both of which La Bourse was placed among the Scènes de la vie parisienne (Scenes of Parisian Life). It was, however, restored to the Scènes de la vie privée when Furne brought out the fourth and final edition in 1842; this heavily revised version of the story appeared as the third work in Volume 1 of La Comédie humaine.[1]
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Author | Honoré de Balzac |
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Original title | La Bourse |
Translator | Clara Bell |
Language | French |
Series | La Comédie humaine |
Genre | Scènes de la vie privée |
Publisher | Mame-Delaunay |
Publication date | 1832 |
Publication place | France |
Preceded by | Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées |
Followed by | Modeste Mignon |
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