• Publication: The Wild Ass' Skin (La Peau de Chagrin) and Other StoriesPublication Record # 702766
• Author: H. de Balzac
• Date: 1897-00-00
• Publisher: Gebbie Publishing Co.
• Pages: lv+324
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Webpages: hdl.handle.net
• Notes: Translated by Ellen Marriage With a Preface by George Saintsbury --title page (viewed at Internet Archive) The next pairs of page images show the Content and List of Illustrations, unnumbered pp. v and vii. From the Preface, pp. ix-xii: "I hesitated between "The Piece of Shagreen" and "The Wild Ass' Skin" for the title, but Balzac's own remarks decided me. "The Magic Skin" is very weak, and "The Skin of Shagreen" is hideous." (xi) Reginald reports The Wild Ass's Skin by Honore de Balzac.
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 77991590
  • Reginald-1: 00815

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• ix • Preface (The Wild Ass' Skin (La Peau de Chagrin) and Other Stories) • essay by George Saintsbury
• xiii • Brief Sketch of Honoré de Balzac • essay by George Saintsbury
• xli • Introduction (The Wild Ass' Skin (La Peau de Chagrin) and Other Stories) • essay by
  Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac
  [as by H. de Balzac]
• 1 • The Wild Ass' Skin • novel by
  Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac
  (trans. of La peau de chagrin 1831) [as by H. de Balzac]
• 286 • The Elixir of Life • novelette by
  Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac
  (trans. of
  L'élixir de longue vie^?L'elixir de longue vie
  1830) [as by H. de Balzac]
• 313 • A Study of Woman • short story by
  Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac
  (trans. of Étude de femme 1830) [as by H. de Balzac]