Le Bal de Sceaux

Le Bal de Sceaux (The Ball at Sceaux) is the fifth work of Honoré de Balzac, one of the oldest texts of la Comédie Humaine.

The Ball at Sceaux
Illustration by Édouard Toudouze.
AuthorHonoré de Balzac
Original titleLe Bal de Sceaux
TranslatorClara Bell
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
SeriesLa Comédie Humaine
GenreScènes de la vie privée
PublisherMame et Delaunay-Vallée
Publication date
1830
Preceded byLa Maison du chat-qui-pelote 
Followed byMémoires de deux jeunes mariées 

The first edition of this novella was published in 1830 by Mame and Delaunay-Vallée in the Scènes de la vie privée (Scenes of Private Life). It was republished in 1835 by Madame Charles-Béchet, in 1839 in the Charpentier edition, and then in 1842 in the first volume of the Furne edition of la Comédie Humaine.

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