A Harlot High and Low

Author

Honoré de Balzac

Original Work

A Harlot High and Low

Translator

Rayner Heppenstall

Foreword / Afterword

Rayner Heppenstall

Language

English

Year

1970

Publisher

Penguin

Pages

554

ISBN

978-0140442328

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Finance, fashionable society, and the intrigues of the underworld and the police system form the heart of this powerful novel, which introduces the satanic genius Vautrin, one of the greatest villains in world literature. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.— Google Books