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The Magic Skin by Honoré de Balzac

512 pages first pub 1831 (view editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
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The Magic Skin (La Peau de chagrin) is set in early 19th-century Paris and tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen that fulfills his every desire. For each wish granted, however, the skin shrinks and consumes a portion o...

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