The girl with the golden eyes

Honoré de Balzac

Original title: Fille aux yeux d'or

earliest edition we have, 1998 Melville House Pub., 2005

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It is in the Tuileries, just outside the Cafe des Feuillants, that Henri de Marsay first catches sight of the girl with the golden eyes and can almost believe in love. Haunted by her shimmery image, returning daily to the Tuileries for another glimpse of her dark beauty, he learns her name - Paquita Valdes - and discovers her address. But a fairy-tale princess has never been more inaccessibly locked in a tower as has...

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The girl with the golden eyes edition · 2005 · Melville House Pub. · 9780976658313
The girl with the golden eyes edition · 2000 · Transaction Publishers · 103 pages
The girl with the golden eyes edition · 1998 · Carroll & Graf Publishers · 119 pages

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