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Honore de Balzac
Books by Honore de Balzac
Journey from Paris to Java
Translated by Barry Winkleman
Honor de Balzac, the renowned French novelist and playright, and one of the pioneers of literary realism, makes a short fantasy diversion to the mystical island of Java, where he, or rather the narrateur, encounters a deadly poison-breathing tree, civilised monkeys, love-sick sparrows and that ep...