Ursule Mirouët
by Honoré de Balzac
342 pages~6 hrs
“Blood is thicker than water, but greed is stronger than both.”
In a quiet provincial town, a pure-hearted orphan finds herself at the center of a ruthless conspiracy orchestrated by her own greedy relatives. As her uncle’s heirs plot to steal her inheritance, Ursule must navigate a web of malice and mystery where even the supernatural may play a hand.
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