Women in the Life of Balzac

WOMEN IN THE LIFE OF BALZAC

BY

JUANITA HELM FLOYD

TO

MY SISTER NANNIE

" . . . for no one knows the secret of my life, and I do not wish to disclose it to any one." Lettres a l'Etrangere, V. I, p. 418, July 19, 1837.

Contents

 * Preface
 * Introduction
 * Author's Note
 * Chapter I: Biographical Sketch of Balzac
 * Chapter II: Relatives and Family Friends
 * Part I: Balzac's Mother
 * Part II: Madame Surville, Madame Mallet, Madame Duhamel
 * Part III: Madame Sallambier, Madame de Montzaigle, Madame de Brugnolle, Madame Delannoy, Madame de Pommereul, Madame de Margonne
 * Part IV: Madame Carraud, Madame Nivet
 * Chapter III: Literary Friends
 * Part I: Madame Gay, Madame Hamelin, Madame de Girardin, Madame Desbordes-Valmore, Madame Dorval
 * Part II: La Duchesse d'Abrantes
 * Part III: La Princesse Belgiojoso, Madame Marbouty, la Comtesse d'Agoult, George Sand
 * Chapter IV: Business and Social Friends
 * Part I: Madame Bechet, Madame Werdet
 * Part II: Madame Rossini, Madame Recamier, la Duchesse de Dino, la Comtesse Appony, Madame de Bernard, Madame David, la Baronne Gerard
 * Part III: La Comtesse Visconti, Madame de Valette, Mademoiselle Kozlowska
 * Part IV: La Comtesse Turheim, la Comtesse de Bocarme, la Comtesse Merlin, la Princesse Galitzin de Genthol, la Baronne de Rothschild, la Comtesse Maffei, la Comtesse Serafina San-Serverino, la Comtesse Bolognini
 * Part V: La Princesse Bagration, la Comtesse, Bossi, Madame Kisseleff, la Princesse de Schonburg, Madame Jaroslas Potocka, la Baronne de Pfaffins, la Comtesse Delphine Potocka
 * Part VI: Maria, Helene, Louise
 * Chapter V: Sentimental Friendships
 * Part I: Madame de Berny
 * Part II: La Duchesse de Castries, Madamoiselle de Trumilly
 * Part III: Madame Hanska, la Comtesse Mniszech, Mademoiselle Borel, Mesdemoiselles Wylezynska, la Comtesse Rosalie Rzewuska, Mademoiselle Caliste Rzewuska, Madame Cherkowitsch, Madame Riznitsch, la Comtesse Marie Potocka
 * Conclusion