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Laura
A Daughter of Eve is a novel by Honoré de Balzac appeared serialized in December 1838 and January 1839, published in volume at Souverain in August 1839 and then in the edition of Furne in 1842. It takes place in Études de moeurs: Scènes de la vie privée.



It is in this short novel Felix de Vandenesse, the future hero of The Lily of the Valley, made ​​a first appearance.

It is also the first appearance of Ferdinand du Tillet, which is found in Cesar Birotteau. In A Daughter of Eve, Du Tillet married
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Zuzana
Part of La Comédie Humaine. Ties in nicely with Lost illusions. (view spoiler) ...more
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