The Jealousies of a Country Town
by Honoré de Balzac
437 pages~7 hrs
“Small towns have long memories and even longer knives.”
Step into the sharp-tongued world of 19th-century France where reputation is everything and gossip is a lethal weapon. Balzac unmasks the hidden wars fought over status and marriage, revealing the cutthroat ambition lurking beneath the surface of polite provincial society.
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