Download or read book The Magic Skin, Vol. 2 written by Honoré de Balzac and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-21 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Magic Skin, Vol. 2: The Hidden Masterpiece The greater part of the Comedie Humaine is occu pied with the dissection of modern, or, to be exact, French society. It has been said of Balzac that he preferred to paint the seamy side, - that he chose vice rather than virtue for illustration; but all such criticism simply marks the limitations of the critic. W truth painted with marvellous and absolutely fea11m. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.