The Magic Skin
by Honoré de Balzac & Ellen Marriage (Translator)
- First published:
- 20th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Fiction
"The Magic Skin" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1831. Set in early 19th-century Paris, it follows a young man who discovers a magical piece of shagreen that grants his every wish. However, each desire fulfilled causes the skin to shrink and drains his physical energy. The novel explores the conflict between desire and longevity, examining bourgeois materialism through Balzac's detailed portrayal of Parisian society. It established Balzac as a significant French writer. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires.
Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page and project-gutenberg matched “Magic” and “magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the description, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
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The Online Books Page curated catalog record | — | — | — | — | Source listed online copy | |
The Online Books Page curated catalog record New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1915 | 1915 | — | — | — | Public digitized item | |
Project Gutenberg electronic edition Project Gutenberg metadata does not identify the source print edition. | 2005-02-12 | Project Gutenberg | English | — | Public domain (USA) |
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Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
- Digitization sponsor: MSN
- Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
- Scanner: scribe1
- Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PQ2167 .P5 E5
- The Online Books Page bibliographic note: New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1915
- Translators: Marriage, Ellen
- Catalog id
- project-gutenberg:1307
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
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