*** start of the project gutenberg ebook 1223 *** ursula by honore de balzac translated by katharine prescott wormeley dedication to mademoiselle sophie surville, it is a true pleasure, my dear niece, to dedicate to you this book, the subject and details of which have won the approbation, so difficult to win, of a young girl to whom the world is still unknown, and who has compromised with none of the lofty principles of a saintly education. young girls are indeed a formi...