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Title: The Muse of the Department

Author: Honoré de Balzac

Translator: James Waring

Release date: October 1, 1999 [eBook #1912]

Most recently updated: January 27, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger

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THE MUSE OF THE DEPARTMENT

By Honore De Balzac

Translated by James Waring

DEDICATION

To Monsieur le Comte Ferdinand de Gramont.

MY DEAR FERDINAND,—If the chances of the world of literature

—habent sua fata libelli—should allo