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the firm of nucingen
by honore de balzac
translated by james waring
to madame zulma carraud
to whom, madame, but to you should i inscribe this work; to you
whose lofty and candid intellect is a treasury to your friends;
to you that are to me not only a whole public, but the most
indulgent of sisters as well? will you deign to accept a token of
the friendship of which i am proud? you, and some few souls as
no...