FERRAGUS,
CHIEF OF THE DEVORANTS

BY

HONORE DE BALZAC



Translated by
Katharine Prescott Wormeley




PREPARER'S NOTE:

Ferragus is the first part of a trilogy. Part two is entitled
The Duchesse de Langeais and part three is The Girl with the
Golden Eyes. The three stories are frequently combined under
the title The Thirteen.




DEDICATION

To Hector Berlioz.