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    La Peau de chagrin (French pronunciation: [la po də ʃaɡʁɛ̃], The Skin of Shagreen), known in English as The Magic Skin and The Wild Ass's Skin, is an...
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    over time from one of despondency and chagrin to that of solidarity and courage—but not optimism. La Peau de Chagrin, among his earliest novels, is a pessimistic...
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    integrate his "La physiologie du mariage" into the ensemble and (2) to separate his most fantastic or metaphysical stories—like La Peau de chagrin (1831) and...
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    Shandy is often referenced in other literary works. Honoré de Balzac's novel La Peau de chagrin (1831) begins with an image from Tristram Shandy: a curvy...
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    Père Goriot (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    (1832), and La Peau de chagrin (1831). Around this time, Balzac began organizing his work into a sequence of novels that he eventually called La Comédie humaine...
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    on television in 1980 in an adaptation by Michel Favart of La Peau de chagrin by Honoré de Balzac. Anglade has acted in many films, TV series and on stage...
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    during his sojourn in Paris. 1829–1831 – La Peau de Chagrin (1831) – Rastignac appears indirectly when Raphael de Valentin narrates his life to Emile Blondet...
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    Shagreen (redirect from Chagrin (leather))
    tuberous sclerosis. La Peau de chagrin (19th century novel by Balzac) Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1989, s.v. chagrin and shagreen Guth, Christine...
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    Louis Lambert (novel) (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    afterwards with a series of novels including La Physiologie du mariage (1829), Sarrasine (1830), and La Peau de chagrin (1831). In 1831 Balzac published a short...
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    Watson (TV series) The Case of the Three Uncles (1980) - Helen Grey La Peau de chagrin (Miniseries) (1980) - Countess Foedora Squadron (1982; TV series)...
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    Illusions perdues (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    Sainte-Beuve and Jules Janin. Balzac had been critical of the press in La Peau de chagrin and later published a criticism of the press called Monograph of the...
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    Ozon : Lisa 2009 : Les associés (TV) : Émilie 2010 : La peau de chagrin (TV), by Alain Berliner : La Mendiante 2010 : Elle s'appelait Sarah, by Gilles Paquet-Brenner :...
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    Sigmund Freud (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    and had been declared inoperable. The last book he read, Balzac's La Peau de chagrin, prompted reflections on his own increasing frailty, and a few days...
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    her as the merciless Fedora in his 1831 novel La Peau de chagrin. The incident where the hero, Raphaël de Valentin, secretes himself in Fedora's bedroom...
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    in 1778 in the home of Charles, marquis de Villette. After Honoré de Balzac set his novel La Peau de chagrin in the Quai Voltaire, antique shops became...
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    The Shagreen Bone (category Works based on La Peau de chagrin)
    The Shagreen Bone (French: L'Os de chagrin, Russian: Шагреневая кость) Op. 37-38 (1990) is a full-length ballet in three acts and an opera entr'acte in...
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  • originating of the firm of D. Appleton & Company. Honoré de Balzac La Peau de chagrin Sarrasine Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu John Brownlow – Hans Sloane: a tale...
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  • (1830) and Melmoth réconcilié (1835), his main fantastique work is La Peau de chagrin (1831), in which the main character has made a pact with the Devil:...
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    The Dream Cheater (category Works based on La Peau de chagrin)
    Nowell and Fritzi Brunette. It is based on the 1831 novel La Peau de chagrin by Honoré de Balzac. J. Warren Kerrigan as Brandon McShane Wedgwood Nowell...
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    Sarrasine (category Books of La Comédie humaine)
    was published, Balzac experienced great success with another work, La Peau de Chagrin (1831). As his career began to take off and his publications began...
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    wild donkey, loosed the ropes of the onager? — Job 39:5 In La Peau de Chagrin by Honoré de Balzac, the onager is identified as the animal from which comes...
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  • in literature – The Hunchback of Notre-Dame – Victor Hugo; La Peau de chagrin – Honoré de Balzac 1832 in literature – Eugene Onegin – Alexander Pushkin;...
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  • Jacques La Peau de chagrin (1980, TV Movie) - Bixiou Peer Gynt (1981, TV Movie) - Un jeune homme L'Indiscrétion [fr] (1982) - L'employé de la FNAC Un...
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    Slave of Desire (category Works based on La Peau de chagrin)
    distributed by Goldwyn Pictures. It was based on the novel La Peau de chagrin by Honoré de Balzac, first published in 1831. The Balzac novel had previously...
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  • George D. Baker, starring Bessie Love, based on the 1831 novel La Peau de chagrin by Honoré de Balzac Souls for Sale, directed by Rupert Hughes, starring...
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    Die tödlichen Wünsche (category Works based on La Peau de chagrin)
    opera by Giselher Klebe who also wrote the libretto based on La Peau de chagrin by Honoré de Balzac. It consists of fifteen lyrical scenes in three acts...
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    followed this with dozens of well-received novels and stories, including La Peau de chagrin ("The Magic Skin"), in 1831, Le Père Goriot ("Father Goriot") in 1835...
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    sainte patronne des cas désespérés The antique dealer Stéphane Clavier La peau de chagrin Narrator Stéphane Blanquet & Olive Short 2004 Le cercle vicieux Nicolas...
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    Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen In Honoré de Balzac's 1831 novel La Peau de chagrin, the curiosity shop Raphaël de Valentin enters in the opening sequence...
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    Benvenuto Cellini (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    continuing today. Balzac mentions Cellini's Saliera in his 1831 novel La Peau de chagrin. Cellini was the subject of an eponymous opera by Hector Berlioz,...
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