The Lily in the Valley

Honoré de Balzac; Peter Bush (Translator); Geoffrey O'Brien (Introduction by)

A new translation of one of Balzac's finest novels, this tale of misguided passion centers on a young aristocrat who falls into a cloaked, coded entanglement with an older countess--a relationship that is upended when he becomes involved with a new lover. A story of baffled and irrepressible desire, Ba...