La Peau de chagrin

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title: La Peau de chagrin
text: La Peau de chagrin, known in English as The Magic Skin and The Wild Ass's Skin, is an 1831 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). Set in early 19th-century Paris, it tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen that fulfills his every desire. For each wish granted, however, the skin shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy. La Peau de chagrin belongs to the Études philosophiques group of Balzac's sequence of novels, La Comédie hum
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description: 1831 novel by Honoré de Balzac
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date created: 2005-01-09T09:50:10Z
date modified: 2024-08-28T16:48:51Z
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