THE DUCHESSE OF LANGEAIS

BY

HONORE DE BALZAC



Translated by
Ellen Marriage




PREPARER'S NOTE:

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




To Franz Liszt



In a Spanish city on an island in the Mediterranean, there stands
a convent of the Order of Barefoot Carmelites, where the rule