A Harlot High and Low (Penguin Classics)

By Honoré de Balzac

Finance, trendy society, and the intrigues of the underworld and the police procedure shape the guts of this strong novel, which introduces the satanic genius Vautrin, one of many maximum villains in international literature.

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