doleurs

Updated: June 2, 2025

Balzac, who spoke of the "doleurs qui font trop vivre," plunged very deeply into the learning of the school of life at this time. At last came a final rupture, of which we can only conjecture the cause, as no satisfactory explanation is forthcoming.

Mary F. (Mary Frances) Sandars - Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings