A Start in Life

by Honoré de Balzac

DEDICATION

To Laure.

Let the brilliant mind that gave me the subject of this Scene have the honor of it.

Her brother,

De Balzac

• Chapter I: THAT WHICH WAS LACKING TO PIERROTIN'S HAPPINESS
• Chapter II: THE STEWARD IN DANGER
• Chapter III: THE TRAVELLERS
• Chapter IV: THE GRANDSON OF THE FAMOUS CZERNI-GEORGES
• Chapter V: THE DRAMA BEGINS
• Chapter VI: THE MOREAU INTERIOR
• Chapter VII: A MOTHER'S TRIALS
• Chapter VIII: TRICKS AND FARCES OF THE EMBRYO LONG ROBE
• Chapter IX: LA MARQUISE DE LAS FLORENTINAS Y CABIROLOS
• Chapter X: ANOTHER CATASTROPHE
• Chapter XI: OSCAR'S LAST BLUNDER
• Addendum