The second chapter traces the history of Balzac’s long liaison with Éveline Hanska, highlighting the redhibitory misunderstanding that jeopardized this relationship from the start.
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La Mort de Balzac (The Death of Balzac) by Octave Mirbeau is a collection of three sub-chapters that were initially intended to appear in Mirbeau’s La 628-E8, in November 1907, but were then withdrawn at the last moment at the request of the 80-year daughter of Madame Hanska, the Countess of Mniszech.