The Fatal Skin by Honoré de Balzac, Honoré de Balzac

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fiction classics dark reflective slow-paced
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Set in early 19th-century Paris, the novel 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 of his physical energy. Bent on k...

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