• Publication: The Quest of the Absolute (La Recherche de l'Absolu) and Other StoriesPublication Record # 702764
• Author: H. de Balzac
• Date: 1897-00-00
• Publisher: Gebbie Publishing Co.
• Pages: xii+372+[5]
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Webpages: hdl.handle.net
• Notes: Translated by Ellen Marriage With a Preface by George Saintsbury Frontispiece and four interior artworks on unnumbered pages are signed by artist. --title page red and black (viewed at HathiTrust) Table of contents on unnumbered page [v]. List of illustrations on unnumbered page [vii]. Reginald evidently reports short title and full name.
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 12935700
  • Reginald-1: 00813

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• fs •  A Woman Was Sitting in a Large Easy Chair by One of the Windows • interior artwork by W. Boucher
•  The Quest of the Absolute (La Recherche de l'Absolu) and Other Stories • interior artwork by W. Boucher
• ix • Preface (The Quest of the Absolute (La Recherche de l'Absolu) and Other Stories) • essay by George Saintsbury
• 1 • The Quest of the Absolute • (1895) • novel by
  Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac
  (trans. of La recherche de l'absolu 1834)
• 223 • The Unknown Masterpiece • novelette by
  Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac
  (trans. of
  Le chef-d'œuvre inconnu^?Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu
  1831)
• 253 • Christ in Flanders • novelette by
  Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac
  (trans. of Jésus-Christ en Flandre (revised version) 1846)
• 276 • Melmoth Reconciled • [Melmoth • 2] • novelette by
  Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac
  (trans. of Melmoth réconcilié 1835)
• 331 • The Red House • novella by
  Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac
  (trans. of L'auberge rouge 1831)