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Friday, October 17 2008

Honoré de Balzac: A Man of Enormous Appetites

By Christopher Guerin

One has to wonder, having conquered two duchesses before reaching his 25th birthday, if Honoré de Balzac didn't believe he deserved the aristocratic title in his name more than some who'd come by it more honestly.

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