Histoire des treize Ferragus, La Duchesse de Langeais, La Fille aux yeux d’or

Paris, a city ruled by money and desires, is the setting in which the tumultuous and tragic passions of three members of society of the Thirteen—a fraternal union of exceptional men—are unleashed. Balzac here combines the “physiological” study of Parisians with a celebration of “true poetry” in the capital.