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A Daughter of Eve
Chapters (10)
- Dedication 0:00
- I: The Two Maries 1:55
- II: Sisterly Confidences 31:16
- III: The Story of a Happy Woman 47:27
- IV: A Man of Note 1:11:46
- V: Florine 1:53:36
- VI: Love Versus Society 2:29:28
- VII: Suicide 3:15:17
- VIII: A Lover Saved and Lost 3:53:19
- IX: A Husband’s Triumph 4:30:17
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Marie-Angélique and Marie-Eugénie are two sisters raised in a very strict household, who marry very different men: the former a cutthroat banker, the latter a man who has given his wife everything she needs save money, but who lacks any adventure in his spirit. In short, he’s boring. This leads Marie-Eugénie to make some bad decisions, and it will take quick thinking and bold action if she is to be saved from certain disaster.
Although one of Balzac’s shorter novels, A Daughter of Eve is full of the richly drawn characters that are his hallmark, and demonstrates less of the cynicism that is common in his Human Comedy.