Honoré De Balzac, Now for the First Time Completely Translated Into English ..
Honoré De Balzac, Now for the First Time Completely Translated Into English ..
Balzac, Honoré De, 1799-1850
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— In her youth she had been the mistress of Marat, and was after- ward on intimate terms with Duvignon the chemist, who was sentenced to death, in 1799, for counter* feiting. In his society she had acquired a dangerous knowledge of toxicology. From 1800 to 1805, she was a dealer in toilet articles, and was imprisoned Digitized by VjOOQIC REPERTORY OF THE HUMAN CX>MEDY 193 for two years, 1806-1808, for debauching young girls. Prom 1824 to 1830, Mademoiselle Collin co- operated materially in the ...adventurous life, outside the law, of her nephew Jacques, alias Vautrin. She excelled in disguises. — In 1839, ^^^ ^^ ^ marriage- broker on Rue de Provence, under the name of Madame de Saint-Est&ve. She also borrowed fre- quently the name of her friend Madame Nourisson, who carried on similar branches of industry, of more or less doubtful legality, on Rue Neuve-Saint-Marc,* under Louis-Philippe. She had some transactions with Victorin Hulot, for whose account she plotted the ruin of Madame Marneffe, Crevel's mistress and subsequently his wife.
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