La Grande Breteche

La Grande Breteche
by Honore De Balzac

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During my stay at Vendome, where Despleins had left me in charge of a rich patient, the sight of this strange dwelling became one of my keenest pleasures. Was it not far better than a ruin? Certain memories of indisputable authenticity attach themselves to a ruin; but this house, still standing, though being slowly destroyed by an avenging hand, contained a secret, an unrevealed thought.

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Text: English, French (translation)

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During my stay at Vendome, where Despleins had left me in charge of a rich patient, the sight of this strange dwelling became one of my keenest pleasures. Was it not far better than a ruin? Certain memories of indisputable authenticity attach themselves to a ruin; but this house, still standing, though being slowly destroyed by an avenging hand, contained a secret, an unrevealed thought.

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Curious about a neglected country estate which he has been asked to administer, a lawyer uncovers the story of a hideous revenge exacted by the former master at the expense of his unfaithful wife and her lover.

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