Modeste Mignon

by Honoré de Balzac

29 chapters9h 28mEnglish1892

About this book

Modeste Mignon, a young provincial woman of romantic temperament, imagines herself to be in love with the famous Parisian poet Melchior de Canalis. However, he is not moved by her attentions. He invites his secretary Ernest de la Brière to "deal with the matter". Ernest answers Modeste's letters in his name and acts as her lover, disguised as Canalis. The scene changes dramatically when Ernest discoveres that Modeste is, in fact, a rich heiress. Will he be able to win her heart despite his lie? (Summary by Wikipedia, revised by Stav Nisser.)

Chapters (29)

101 - Dedication and Chapter 1 - The Chalet

1240

202 - A Portrait from Life

797

303 - Preliminaries

1174

404 - A Simple Story

1060

505 - The Problem Still Unsolved

1069

606 - A Maiden's First Romance

1314

707 - A Poet of the Angelic School

1660

808 - Blade to Blade

1293

909 - The Power of the Unseen

1044

1010 - The Marriage of Souls

1446

1111 - What Comes of Correspondence

966

1212 - A Declaration of Love, Set to Music

1354

1313 - A Full-Length Portrait of Monsieur de la Briere

1510

1414 - Matters Grown Complicated

1455

1515 - A Father Steps in

1628

1616 - Disenchanted

692

1717 - A Third Suitor

1311

1818 - A Splendid First Appearance

1273

1919 - Of which the Author Thinks a Good Deal

1436

2020 - The Poet Does his Exercises

1256

2121 - Modeste Plays her Part

1238

2222 - A Riddle Guessed

1102

2323 - Butscha Distinguishes himself

989

2424 - The Poet Feels that he is Loved too Well

1338

2525 - A Diplomatic Letter

941

2626 - True Love

898

2727 - A Girl's Revenge

911

2828 - Modeste Behaves with Dignity

926

2929 - Conclusion

804

Modeste Mignon

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