Descrizione:
A Daughter of Eve is one of those stories in which people get themselves into terrible trouble, whose ripples spread until they seem to be stuck in some ghastly maelstrom of their own making. The Countess Marie de Vandenesse, out of boredom at being married to a good man, decides to take a lover, one Raoul Nathan. Thinking that his fortune is made, Nathan quickly finds himself in deep water until he is rescued by the efforts of the Countess, who in turn is rescued ? but I will not divulge how. Suffice it to say that this is one of Balzac?s more gentle and delightful tales. In it, we do not sup with horrors, as in Pere Goriot or Cousine Bette: Poor Relations, Part One. |
