Download or read book Selected Short Stories written by Honoré de Balzac and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 1977-05 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This convenient volume includes 6 of the great French writer's most highly regarded short stories, including: "An Episode During the Terror," "A Passion in the Desert," "The Revolutionary Conscript," "The Forsaken Woman," "The Unknown Masterpiece," 2 more. Excellent new English translations on facing pages. Introduction. Footnotes.