{"product_id":"c1930-walter-j-black-literature-collection-antique-literature-books-de-balzac","title":"c1930 Walter J. Black Literature Collection Antique Literature Books De Balzac","description":"\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\n \u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n  \u003cb\u003e\n   c1930 Walter J. Black Literature Collection Antique Literature Books De Balzac\n  \u003c\/b\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    Walter J. Black Literature Collection Includes The Following Volumes:\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cul\u003e\n     \u003cli\u003e\n      The Complete Novelettes Of Honore De Balzac In One Volume - 1005 Pages\n     \u003c\/li\u003e\n     \u003cli\u003e\n      The Complete Short Stories Of Guy De Maupassant - 1003 Pages\n     \u003c\/li\u003e\n     \u003cli\u003e\n      The Works Of Emile Zola - 676 Pages\n     \u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    Published by Walter J. Black Inc: New York c1930\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\n     Includes Original Publisher Issued Bookmark\n    \u003c\/strong\u003e\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n     \"This Walter J. Black Literature Collection brings together three major pillars of nineteenth-century French literature in substantial one-volume editions, presenting the work of Honoré de Balzac, Guy de Maupassant, and Émile Zola in a form intended for serious reading and long-term reference. Balzac's Complete Novelettes distils his penetrating insight into ambition, social mobility, and human desire, offering compact narratives that reflect the broader architecture of La Comédie Humaine. Maupassant's Complete Short Stories reveal his mastery of the short form, marked by psychological acuity, irony, and an unflinching realism that captures both provincial life and the darker instincts beneath polite society. Zola's Works, presented here as a one-volume edition, exemplify literary naturalism at its most forceful, combining social critique with a relentless examination of environment, heredity, and moral consequence.\n     \u003cdiv\u003e\n      \u003cbr\u003e\n     \u003c\/div\u003e\n     Published in New York circa 1930 by Walter J. Black Inc., these volumes reflect the publisher's aim to make canonical European literature accessible in durable, handsomely produced editions for an English-speaking readership. Together, they offer a concentrated survey of French realism and naturalism, tracing the evolution of modern literary sensibility through three of its most influential voices. This collection would appeal especially to collectors of classic literature, readers of nineteenth-century European fiction, and those seeking authoritative, single-volume editions of major French authors in translation.\"\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    General wear, fading and chipping to somewhat fragile leather covers and spines as shown. No inscriptions. Pages clean, crisp and bright. All 3 volumes in good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\n   \u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\n     \u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n      \u003cbr\u003e\n     \u003c\/font\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\n     Size 19cm x 13.5cm x 3.5cm (x 3 volumes)\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003c\/font\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Antique Books Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46668525928587,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/0770\/0875\/files\/a75b777b-285b-43a5-a8e6-954c2f89f2af.jpg?v=1776565536","url":"https:\/\/antiquebooksaustralia.com.au\/products\/c1930-walter-j-black-literature-collection-antique-literature-books-de-balzac","provider":"Antique Books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}