#41 La Comédie Humaine
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Finance, fashionable society, and the intrigues of the underworld and the police system form the heart of this powerful novel, which introduces the satanic genius Vautrin, one of the greatest villains in world literature.
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ClassicsFictionFranceFrench Literature19th CenturyLiteratureNovelsRomanceHistorical FictionRoman
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