Excerpt from Honore De Balzac Although born in Touraine, Balzac was not Of Tourainian stock, for his birthplace was due merely to chance. His father, Bernard Fran gois Balssa or Balsa, came originally from the little village Of Nougaire, in the commune of Montirat and district Of Albi. He descended from a peasant family, small land-owners or Often simple day labourers. It was he who first added a c to his patronymic and who later prefixed the particle for which the great novelist was afterwards so Often reproached. Bernard ...
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Excerpt from Honore De Balzac Although born in Touraine, Balzac was not Of Tourainian stock, for his birthplace was due merely to chance. His father, Bernard Fran gois Balssa or Balsa, came originally from the little village Of Nougaire, in the commune of Montirat and district Of Albi. He descended from a peasant family, small land-owners or Often simple day labourers. It was he who first added a c to his patronymic and who later prefixed the particle for which the great novelist was afterwards so Often reproached. Bernard Balssa, born July 22, 1746, left his native village at the age Of fourteen years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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