by Honoré de Balzac · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070317264
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«L'Auberge rouge» is the mystery tale by Honoré de Balzac, published by Folio in paperback (80 pages, in French).
A chance encounter brings together two young Frenchmen and a wealthy German merchant at an inn on the banks of the Rhine. After a pleasant evening, the merchant is found beheaded the next morning; the story is set in romantic Germany and follows the investigation of the crime.
Tale included in La Comédie Humaine (no. 82). Edition by Adrien Goetz, with introduction, notes and activities for literary analysis.
Suitable for students of French and for readers who prefer a didactic edition of French classics.
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
