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 Les Chouans; ou, La Bretagne en 1799 (Dodo Press) (French Edition) $26.99 In places this novel reads as it were only a vulgar Romantic potboiler: the plot's chief-intrigue - the love affair between Mlle. Verneuil & the Royalist leader- is contrieved and somewhat mechanical. But one has to keep in mind this is the first time Balzac was trying his hand with serious novel-writing after a long spree of potboiler-writing under an assumed pen-name. And we still have already much of the future, serious - and at the same time ironic - Balzac in order to make the book enjoyable.  Global Treasures MONT SAINT MICHEL Le Mont Saint Michel Bretagne, France $14.95 The particular DVD is average quality at best and less than 30 nimutes long. I should return it. |
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