Balzac

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. At the age of eight, Balzac was placed as boarder at the College de Vendome, where, through the compression of his dreamy nature by unaccustomed tasks and rules, be soon lapsed into a careless neglect of his duties,...