The Black Sheep

By (author): "Donald Adamson, Honoré de Balzac"
Genres:Fiction books  Classics books  19th Century books  France books  French Literature books  
Publish Date: 1842
The Black Sheep
ISBN0140442375
ISBN139780140442373
AsinThe Black Sheep
CharactersAgathe Rouget, Philippe Bridau, Joseph Bridau, Jean-Jacques, Max Gilet
Original titleLa Rabouilleuse
SeriesLa Comédie Humaine #33, Les Célibataires - The Celibates , Études de mœurs : Scènes de la vie de province
Formerly an aide-de-camp to Napoleon but now without prospects, Phillippe Bridau and his younger brother Joseph, a shiftless artist, become entangled in a struggle to recover the family inheritance in a world where "to be without money is to be without power."