Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 236 Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 Balzac, Honore de Saint-Aubin, Horace de De Balzac, Honoré Balzac, H. de (Honoré de) Bell, Clara 1834 1927 The Ball at Sceaux Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Bal_de_Sceaux Produced by Dagny, and David Widger "The Ball at Sceaux" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel written in the early 19th century. The story is set in post-revolutionary France and centers around the Comte de Fontaine, his ambitious daughter Emilie, and the intricate social dynamics of the French aristocracy as they navigate love, marriage, and social standing. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the Comte de Fontaine, a royalist nobleman, who, after enduring political struggles and the ravages of the French Revolution, moves his family to Paris in search of better prospects for his children. He finds himself entangled in the shifting political landscape and desperate to secure advantageous marriages for his three daughters. The opening portion establishes a contrast between the Count's stoic values and his daughter's disdain as Emilie grapples with the expectations of noble birth and the object of her affections—Maximilien Longueville—who embodies both mystery and allure. This exploration of class, ambition, and the pursuit of love in a fragmented social order sets the tone for the drama that follows. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature 170503 2025-08-01T09:17:38.243059 text/html 170866 2021-01-27T21:42:19 text/html; charset=utf-8 128244 2025-08-01T09:17:42.883030 application/epub+zip 129439 2025-08-01T09:17:39.949042 application/epub+zip 129440 2025-08-01T09:17:38.831042 application/epub+zip 239976 2025-08-01T09:17:44.978997 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 230516 2025-08-01T09:17:42.203006 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204297 2022-09-01T10:24:43.482506 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 149006 2025-08-01T09:17:37.921041 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 149014 2016-11-21T14:51:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 17181 2025-08-01T09:17:45.151018 application/rdf+xml 12899 2025-08-01T09:17:39.359020 image/jpeg 3366 2025-08-01T09:17:39.109034 image/jpeg 125971 2025-08-01T09:17:38.262047 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia