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The Magic Skin

by Honore de Balzac
John Bolen
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"The possession of power, no matter how enormous, does not bring the knowledge how to use it." Raphael, a failed writer, finds himself deep in debt and unrequited in love, so he decides to take a suicidal plunge into the Seine River. Before he can, however, he discovers a magic leather skin in an antiquity shop. Its supernatural powers grant him his every wish, but it extracts a terrible toll! This parable depicts the malaise of nineteenth-century France.
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Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc. Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781400190867
  • File size: 287758 KB
  • Release date: June 8, 2009
  • Duration: 09:59:29

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781400190867
  • File size: 288103 KB
  • Release date: June 8, 2009
  • Duration: 09:59:29
  • Number of parts: 8

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subjects

Classic Literature Fiction Literature

Languages

English

Levels

Text Difficulty:9-12

"The possession of power, no matter how enormous, does not bring the knowledge how to use it." Raphael, a failed writer, finds himself deep in debt and unrequited in love, so he decides to take a suicidal plunge into the Seine River. Before he can, however, he discovers a magic leather skin in an antiquity shop. Its supernatural powers grant him his every wish, but it extracts a terrible toll! This parable depicts the malaise of nineteenth-century France.
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Classic Literature Fiction Literature